[X2Go-Dev] Support for PuTTY private key files / built-in ssh-agent?

[Moritz Struebe]

On 2012-05-16 13:33, Stefan Baur wrote:
> would it be possible to integrate support (1) for PuTTY-style ssh
> private key files (*.ppk) into the X2Go client, or (2) 

Adding a feature to allow importing ppk by calling PuTTYgen might be
reasonable.


> to run a ssh-agent (maybe from cygwin, or copied from PuTTY's
> "pageant.exe") *within* the X2Go client, so other applications can
> authenticate with the same key?

IMO this is not a good idea. It adds functionality that is out of scope
and adds additional cmplexity.


> [..] or run pageant.exe, PuTTY's ssh agent. 

This is probably the best solution as it provides a clean separation of
concerns.

Cheers
Morty

-- 
Dipl.-Ing. Moritz 'Morty' Struebe (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 4 (Verteilte Systeme und Betriebssysteme)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Martensstr. 1
91058 Erlangen

Tel   : +49 9131 85-25419
Fax   : +49 9131 85-28732
eMail : struebe at informatik.uni-erlangen.de
WWW   : http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~morty



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.x2go.org/pipermail/x2go-dev/attachments/20120516/0d6b6749/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/pkcs7-signature
Size: 4992 bytes
Desc: S/MIME Kryptografische Unterschrift
URL: <http://lists.x2go.org/pipermail/x2go-dev/attachments/20120516/0d6b6749/attachment.bin>