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If I understand correctly it's effectively a one-time constant cost when setting up an encrypted connection, so it should be negligible unless you have a use ca
by simias 7y ago
If I understand correctly it's effectively a one-time constant cost when setting up an encrypted connection, so it should be negligible unless you have a use case for setting up many extremely short-lived connections.
- mehrdadn 7y agoSSH has multiplexing [1] specifically to speed up multiple connections... would be interesting to know whether it incurs the overheads once vs. on every connection. [1] https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSSH/Cookbook/Multiplexing https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSSH/Cookbook/Multiplexing
- LinuxBender 7y agoJust keep in mind that multiplexing makes phishing risks significantly higher. ssh wont log multiplexed auth and phished connections are auth free, up to 9 more sessions by default.