Re: [SLUG] scp -c null ??

[Dave Kempe <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is such a cipher, but netcat will be a much much faster way to do 
what you want.
google 'netcat tar' for many examples.

not really resumable, so you may need to rsync it afterwards, but 
perfect for that first bulk speedy transfer

dave

Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> Is it possible to have a "null" cipher for ssh/scp?
>
> On occasion I'm on my LAN, behind a firewall/router etc, and need to
> copy a few hundred megs or gigs between boxes.
>
> In this environment, I simply want maximum xfer rate, and minimum CPU
> use. I simply want to copy the files across, and have no desire to hide
> them, and have no one that I'm aware of on my LAN who would sniff them
> anyway.
>
> So I imagine there should be a "-c null" option to scp. But there does
> not seem to be.
>
> So the next question, which cipher has the lowest CPU overhead? DES?
>
> TIA
> Zen