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I have a slow ADSL currently, which could really benefit from some compression. I've also got servers in the country, with a very low ping (0, 1ms to the my ISP).
Which software, 'solution' should I use, to compress traffic?
So far I only met two candidates: SSH (using "Compression", but I just can't verify if my browser really gets compressed data), and if I open a VPN connection (PPTP I guess), that also displays a "compression x%".
(For example: When I open up an ssh connection to my server, with dynamic port forward, enabled compression in PuTTY (compression is enabled in sshd, also, the server (Debian) openSSH comes with comp.) How do I know if it works? Is there a way to check this?) – Apache – 2012-01-15T16:30:37.660
2Is your network traffic comperssible at all? E.g., most graphic, music and video files are already compressed, and cannot be compressed further. So, if your traffic is 99% already compressed, you stand to benefit very little from further compression. Moreover, given the additional latency, your browsing speed can actually be slower if you enable compression. – haimg – 2012-01-15T16:55:46.550
Most of the pages I browse (news site, etc) got a lot of text. I would like to compress those. – Apache – 2012-01-15T17:05:28.660
Some sites compress their text as well (transparently): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_compression
– haimg – 2012-01-15T17:20:43.170