# How we improved SSH connection times by up to 40%

DevFeed: [How we improved SSH connection times by up to 40%](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-we-improved-ssh-connection-times-by-up-to-40-29709.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/improving-ssh-speeds/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Tim Ross)

Published: 2023-08-29T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssh.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>), [tracing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tracing.md>), [gRPC](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/grpc.md>), [OpenTelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/opentelemetry.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [opentelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opentelemetry.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [proxy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/proxy.md>), [remote-access](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote-access.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>), [tracing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tracing.md>)

## AI overview

Teleport describes reducing SSH connection times by up to 40%. The article explains how Distributed Tracing and OpenTelemetry helped identify latency, including repeated proxy requests and the cost of creating SSH connections, and reports replacing SSH connections with gRPC while preserving security.

## Source excerpt

Teleport boosted SSH connection speeds by 40%: from diagnosing latency with Distributed Tracing to replacing SSH connections with gRPC--without sacrificing security.