Reza Mostafid schrieb: > a.) Does the communication that takes place between a GIT `client` and a remote > GIT `repository` involve 'ssh' traffic? Depends on how you do it (as already described by others). > Our connections here are heavily censored and ssh traffic is suppressed most of > the time which is why I need to figure out why a simple > > $ git clone git://<URL> > > command chokes to a halt and freezes most of the time ( the same command when > executed remotely on our V.P.S. in Europe works flawlessly ). "git://" uses the git protocol which does not involve SSH. $ git clone ssh://<URL> would use SSH. -thh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html