Speeding up X11 forwarding

[Alex LeDonne]

On 12/18/07, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
> Am 17. Dec, 2007 schwätzte Charles Jones so:
>
> > You could try "-c blowfish", which uses a lighter encryption so there is less
> > overhead.
> > Also, depending on the type of data and the speed of the connection, you may
> > have luck with the compression "-C" option.
>
> Listen to Charles :).
>
> Also, don't use X if you don't need to. For instance, use FoxyProxy on
> Firefox on your local desktop rather than shoving Firefox through the
> pipe. Charles should've mentioned it as he's the one that finally got me
> using it :).
>
> Lots of apps can handle using proxies.
>

Or, use the -D option with ssh to set up a socks proxy. Google "ssh
socks proxy" for more. I use this to tunnel from $work.

-A