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Re:OpenSSH for Windows update by jen20 on Monday October 19, 2015 @10:54PM (#10417143)
Having worked on that code (in Packer) - the WinRM protocol is completely unsuitable for use as an SCP replacement. It's amazing it works at all even for small files! The actual "winrmcp" implementation is here https://github.com/packer-community/winrmcp if you're interested in the inner workings.
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Re:OpenSSH for Windows update by MichaelGG on Monday October 19, 2015 @11:43PM (#10417303)
OK, but that code (cp.go) uploads base64 chunks of 8K and echo's them to a file and decodes when done. That surely isn't the real WinRM file copy implementation right?

Well... I just went looking for how it's implemented and holy shit I don't think they considered this case. Top results say "use a file share". Wow. I feel less inadequate.

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Re:OpenSSH for Windows update by togusa on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @10:15AM (#10419246)
Yep that's horrible whatever the basis for it is.
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Re:OpenSSH for Windows update by togusa on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @10:14AM (#10419240)
Oh wow that's just horrible. I wish I hadn't looked now!
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