This page displays options for either a single host, hosts whose names
match some pattern, or all hosts. Some of the less obvious options are :

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<dt><b>Login as user</b>
<dd>Normally if no username is given on the <tt>ssh</tt> command line, the
    name of the current user is used to login to the remote SSH server.
    However, this option can be used to specify a different default username
    for a particular host or hosts. <p>

<dt><b>Escape character</b>
<dd>When making an interactive SSH login, the escape character can be used
    to break out of the connection and close or suspend it. <p>

<dt><b>Compress SSH traffic?</b>
<dd>If this option is enabled, the SSH client will compress all data
    sent to this host with the <tt>gzip</tt> algorithm. This can be useful
    if you are copying large files with <tt>scp</tt> over a slow link. <p>

<dt><b>Local ports to forward to server</b>
<dd>In this table you can enter local port numbers which will be forwarded
    to some host and port by the SSH server. This can be useful if your
    only access to some network is via SSH login to one machine on that
    network, and you want to access other services like web or POP servers. <p>

<dt><b>Server ports to forward to local</b>
<dd>In this table you can enter port numbers on the server which will be
    forwarded to some host and port on the client machine's network. <p>

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