[ILUG] SSH bandwidth usage.

[Kieran.Tully AT acm.org]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:38:32 +0100, Jason Corcoran <jason at jcorcoran.net> wrote:

> The last company I worked for were network usage nazi's they didnt mind how much
> IE usage there was but anything out side this was not allowed I found a web based
> ssh client, a little slow but did the trick worse case I will use this. Was just looking for a
> ball park figure so that I could argue my case if I am given out to :)

A conscientious network user would install a sniffer to measure how much of the
network traffic they were responsible for. Of course you'd need more than one
to get a fully representative picture of the network usage.

If ever given out to you can then point out that your ssh usage is
completely secure,
and uses miniscule bandwidth compared to that of the CIO trading MP3s and the
MD surfing for "dinner companions" for his next business trip.
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Kieran Tully, Software Developer and Tenor
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