sshbench.sh

#! /bin/bash

# See ssh -Q cipher (on both machines)
CIPHERS="chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com aes128-ctr aes192-ctr aes256-ctr aes128-gcm@openssh.com aes256-gcm@openssh.com"

# Destination server (data will be piped to /dev/null)
DESTINATION="sharky@192.168.1.10"

for cipher in ${CIPHERS} ; do
    for i in 1 2 3 ; do
        echo
        echo "Cipher: $cipher (try $i)"
         
        dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1024  2>sshbench_stats.txt | pv --size 1G | time -p ssh -c "$cipher" ${DESTINATION} 'cat > /dev/null'
        grep -v records sshbench_stats.txt
		echo "$cipher `grep -v records sshbench_stats.txt`" >> sshbench_results.txt
    done
done