Compression when using dropbear as an ssh/scp client ?

[Rob Landley]

On 09/07/2011 11:09 AM, Guillaume Dargaud wrote:
>> Dropbear client always uses compression if possible, when it
>> is compiled in. The -C argument is ignored.
> 
> What's a simple way to check that the compression is indeed used ?
> The size displayed is always the uncompressed one and there's no verbose option.
> 
> Without resorting to wireshark-fu if possible !!!

Does the dropbear binary link against zlib?  (What does ldd say?)

Rob