Re: [SLUG] scp -c null ??

[Scott Ragen <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

slug-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 16/08/2007 04:15:32 PM:

> 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.
> 
Try using "-c none". Its undocumented, and may not exist for you, but 
works on my debian system.

Regards,

Scott