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SSH access over a slow network connection?




Use SSH’s dynamic proxy mode (-D) so you have the full browser running locally and only the network traffic running over SSH.

This is enormously better for UI response time and things like compressed files: you only transfer the compressed text, image, audio, or video files rather than the decoded form which can be an order of magnitude larger.


Why not proxy the network calls only then and use a real browser?



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