Re: Compression when using dropbear as an ssh/scp client ?

2011-09-19 Thread Guillaume Dargaud
Hello Rob, Does the dropbear binary link against zlib? (What does ldd say?) # ldd /usr/sbin/dropbear libcrypt.so.0 = /lib/libcrypt.so.0 (0x48016000) libutil.so.0 = /lib/libutil.so.0 (0x4803b000) libz.so.1 = /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x4804d000) libgcc_s.so.1 =

Re: Compression when using dropbear as an ssh/scp client ?

2011-09-07 Thread Matt Johnston
Dropbear client always uses compression if possible, when it is compiled in. The -C argument is ignored. Cheers, Matt On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 03:46:59PM +0200, Guillaume Dargaud wrote: Hello all, I'm using dropbear compiled from buildroot: $ grep DROP .config .config:BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR=y

Re: Compression when using dropbear as an ssh/scp client ?

2011-09-07 Thread Guillaume Dargaud
Dropbear client always uses compression if possible, when it is compiled in. The -C argument is ignored. What's a simple way to check that the compression is indeed used ? The size displayed is always the uncompressed one and there's no verbose option. Without resorting to wireshark-fu if