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 => /lib

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

2011-09-10 Thread Rob Landley
On 09/07/2011 11:09 AM, Guillaume Dargaud wrote: >> 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

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 pos

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=

Compression when using dropbear as an ssh/scp client ?

2011-09-05 Thread Guillaume Dargaud
Hello all, I'm using dropbear compiled from buildroot: $ grep DROP .config .config:BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR=y .config:BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR_DISABLE_REVERSEDNS=y .config:# BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR_SMALL is not set From the machine with dropbear, I seem unable to activate compression: # scp -C -p -i /etc/dro