On RHEL 4, scp/ssh transfer is slow on high latency, high bandwidth links.

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Issue

  • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, scp/ssh transfer is slow on high latency, high bandwidth links.
  • Issue is not seen when tested between RHEL 5 systems.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Systems are in different data centers scattered around the globe.

  • openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_7
    

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