Using Compression

Data that is to be transferred over an SSH
SSH is an acronym for the Secure Shell protocol. A communications protocol used to encrypt network traffic between a client and a server. connection can be automatically compressed before it is encrypted and sent. The data is then automatically uncompressed after it is received and decrypted. Compressing data can improve transfer speed over slower network links.

To configure SecureFX to compress session
A session is a set of options that are assigned to a connection to a remote machine in SecureFX. These settings and options are saved under a session name and allow the user to have different preferences for different hosts. data for an SSH1 session, follow these steps:

1. Select the SecureFX session for which you want to compress data.

2. Open the Options menu and select the Session Options… command.

3. Select the Connection/SSH1/Advanced category.

4. In the Options group, select the type of Compression that you want (this option is None by default).

5. You can then choose the compression Level setting. The Level ranges from 0 (minimal compression) to 9 (maximum compression). A higher Level means better compression but slower performance. The default value is 5.

To configure SecureFX to compress session data for an SSH2 session, follow these steps:

1. Select the SecureFX session for which you want to compress data.

2. Open the Options menu and select the Session Options… command.

3. Select the Connection/SSH2/Advanced category.

4. In the Options group, select the type of Compression that you want (this option is None by default).

5. You can then choose the compression Level setting. The Level ranges from 0 (minimal compression) to 9 (maximum compression). A higher Level means better compression but slower performance. The default value is 5.