Slightly OT - SFTP versus FTP speeds

[NoOp]

On 09/24/2009 05:11 AM, Steve Flynn wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt> wrote:
> 
>> Your results sound plausible.  IIRC the highest transfer speed I ever
> 
> Damn! :(
> 
>> I recently stumbled upon this page, which explains why SSH/SFTP performs
>> not very well and how to fix it (eventually):
>>
>> http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/
> 
> Yup - we're already in the process of trying to persuade the clients
> at both endsof the pipe to begin tuning their TCP settings,
> specifically with regards to BDP. Uphill struggle sadly.
> 
> Thanks for the feedback - appreciated.
> 
> 

These might be of interest:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/250517
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523015
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/315664
[duplicate of 250517 but still might be of interest]