[OS X] Re: Impressions of Leopard -> SSH setup speed

[Dale Chayes]

On Jan 29, 2008, at 06:26, Val Schmidt wrote:

Val,

Thanks for the info. (I'm playing ludite, claiming lack of time, and  
have not upgraded yet).

> .......
>  A separate measure of this is the time it takes to login to  
> another system using SSH. Realizing this is somewhat network  
> dependent, I've tested it on my home server, a server at CCOM and  
> one at LDEO. I used to wait several seconds (i.e. forever) for  
> public key authentication, not it seems to happen instantaneously,  
> although again this is only my perception.....

I've seen reference elsewhere to slow performance with the  
negotiation phase of SSH under OS X.    For instance:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071221101005962
http://www.webservertalk.com/archive94-2005-6-1087551.html

Glad to hear that this is better,
-Dale