[wplug] SSH question

[Mike Sussman]

In the discussion of mounting remote drives, Bryan Smith remarked:
> As I'd expect _any_ block transfer mechanism like FTP, NFS, SCP/SFTP,
> SMB, etc... to be faster than a character transfer mechanism.  And
> yes, SSH has block transfer mechanisms (and you can disable
> encryption if you'd like).
    <snip>
> Using a faster cipher (like Blowfish), or no cipher, addresses that.

How does one "disable encryption" in open SSH?  The "-c" option will allow you 
to specify the cipher, but I see no way to turn off encryption entirely.

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                       Mike Sussman
                       sussmanm at math.pitt.edu