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Comment by blabla_bla

1 month ago

SSH now deliberately sends many dummy (“chaff”) packets per keystroke to obscure typing patterns and defeat keystroke-timing attacks. This privacy feature makes a single keypress look like heavy network activity, explaining why it can generate around 100 packets.

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