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Date:      Tue, 7 Apr 2009 16:31:52 -0700
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions -" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Copying files without scp
Message-ID:  <814E16A3-0A92-4204-AC6A-2C20C2C8A7F2@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <49DBDE27.4010300@ibctech.ca>
References:  <49DBDE27.4010300@ibctech.ca>

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On Apr 7, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote:
> I'm looking for a method to perform this copy task without the  
> overhead
> of encryption for infrequent, high-volume transfers (hundreds to
> thousands of GB).
>
> The data will be transferred server-to-server within a private  
> datacentre.
>
> Can someone recommend a *known good* production quality copy mechanism
> that will act like scp, but without the overhead? rsh? nc?

Install /usr/ports/security/openssh-portable, and set the "Enable HPN- 
SSH patch" option.  You should then be able to use "scp -c none"  
option, which is documented more fully here:

   http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/none.php

You could also use rsync + rsyncd....

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck




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