Re: [PLUG] Moveing large files

[Will Dyson <will_dyson@pobox.com>]

gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> Because the encrypted file is *larger* than the clear file with ssh,
> which means that you're transfer time will be longer no matter the
> size of your pipe.

Umm. I am aware that asymetric ciphers bloat up the size of the 
ciphertext, but I thought this wasn't a problem with symetric ciphers.

> And, because you're putting the server on the other end under a lot
> of stress for no good reason. Which sometimes doesn't matter and
> sometimes *really* pisses people off. (Around here, if Oracle can't
> have all of the processor most of the time, clients get pissy.)

Now thats a good point.

> And wastes more time. What makes you think the error-correction
> provided by TCP is insufficient?

There is a server at my old school where I regularly get MAC errors when 
copying files with scp. Of course, Earlham has a really shitty net 
connection...

--
Will Dyson


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