On 2024-02-12 20:22, Peter King via talk wrote:
Honestly, I won’t do that. About three weeks ago I had gotten approval for a new static ip address, at which point I asked for them to allow me to ssh to that address. I was *refused* and told I had to use a VPN because they “have to protect shh from the internet.” (!!!) This is a risk unaware Microsoft centric answer. And this is not just a government issue its a big company based issue.
My personal belief is that companies believe that if they pay for the service then they have someone they can sue if things go wrong. Look at the recent set of remote access and data migration products that have had VERY large corporate and government customers and big security breaches. SSH is free..... How can you trust something that is free. But seriously if you can find a service that they will port forward to your computer you can then just put SSH on that port and have your access. You should take a look at iperf as a network testing tool. It does require a server you can connect to but it will give you better information than the usual web based speed test tools.
An IT department that thinks ssh needs to be protected is not a department you want to deal with, ever.
If I ask them about bandwidth I fear they will take away ssh access from the address I already had.
Yes, this is what your tax dollars pay for.
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On Feb 12, 2024, at 6:43 PM, Ron / BCLUG via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Peter King via talk wrote on 2024-02-12 13:56:
Ethtool says the new card is running at 1000Mb/s. That's the link speed, not necessarily reflective of the bandwidth provided by upstream.
A different computer behind the same switch (which claims to have gigabit ethernet: TP-Link AC1750) also gets those upload and download speeds. It is, of course, possible that the UofT has throttled my bandwidth, or the bandwidth to the building I am located in. That's where my suspicion immediately goes (or the switch itself if not the building).
Maybe open a ticket with support as a next step? They ought to be able to clarify what speed you should be getting.
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