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• ssh (metapackage).  Seen on ac001.blue; don't know if this is standard on all systems.

Rough notes to edit in somewhere

~/.ssh/config

Standard start of file (proposed):

# User-specific ssh client configuration

# Documentation: ssh_config man page
# Default values (may be explicitly listed below for visibility):
# - Protocol 2 (important; many options are protcol-specific)
# - ServerAliveCountMax 3

Host *
  Compression yes
  Protocol 2 
  SendEnv LANG LC_*
  ServerAliveInterval 15
  ServerAliveCountMax 3