Re: why is plink slower than ssh?

Richard E. Silverman wrote:
"RB" == Reggie Burnett <rykr@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

RB> We use bitkeeper as our scm tool and all of our remote
RB> repositories are accessed with ssh. I work from Windows and use
RB> putty with svn with good success. I can also use plink with
RB> bitkeeper but it is a great deal slower than ssh from cygwin in
RB> doing the same job.

RB> The problem is that I can't get sshagent to work on Windows so I
RB> have to type in my passphrase everytime. I would like to use
RB> plink since I already have pageant running. Can someone explain
RB> why plink would be so much slower than ssh in doing this tunnel?

RB> We are talking about taking 2x-3x the time needed by cygwin ssh on
RB> the same machine talking to the same remote machine.

RB> Thanks!

It might be helpful to run plink -v and see where the slowdown occurs.


ok. I'll try that and report back.
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