[techtalk] SSH rcvd big packet?

[Brian Sweeney]

Hey all-

I'm getting these messages in my logs from ssh:

sshd[2325]: channel 2: rcvd big packet 2940, maxpack 2048

There are lots of them.  the big packet numbers change, as does the channel.

What does this mean?  I can't seem to find any reference to it on the
'net...

Thanks,


-Brian

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Brian Sweeney
bsweeney at physics.ucsb.edu

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