Karl Auerbach wrote:

Randy Bush wrote:

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and for those of us who are addicted to simple rsync, or whatever over ssh, you should be aware of the really bad openssh windowing issue. I was not aware of this. Do you have a pointer to a description?

see the work by rapier and stevens at psc <http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/> this is why rsync starts off at a blazing pace and then takes a serious dive. randuy