[X2Go-Dev] X2Go Client - new features and bugfix

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Michael,

On  Sa 14 Dez 2013 03:47:12 CET, Michael DePaulo wrote:

> Alex,
>
> Your patch successfully fixed the problem of X2goClient crashing when
> a username is not entered. Good job on that.
>
> And I tested it on my Windows XP SP3 32-bit VM (in addition to my
> desktop with Win 8.1 64-bit), the GSSAPI / Kerberos auth works there
> too.
>
> However, I still managed to produce one more crash on Windows, albeit
> an obscure one.
>
> If GSSAPI authentication is enabled, and you connect through an SSH
> proxy, that SSH proxy must also use GSSAPI. It prompts you for a
> password, but it seems to ignore it. I've entered an incorrect
> password and still connects. This is not that bad of a bug and I think
> we can launch 4.0.1.2 despite it.
>
> If that proxy does successfully authenticate using GSSAPI, and you
> successfully connect to the x2goserver via GSSAPI, the session opens
> and works as far as I've tested it. However, on disconnect, the
> x2goclient crashes.
>
> I do not know if this crash would be realistically produced. After
> all, if the entire point of the proxy is to connect through a
> firewall, would you really be using Kerberos auth to both the proxy
> and the x2goserver? I do not think this crash bug has to be fixed
> before 4.0.1.2, but I thought I'd mention it and the former bug. (I
> will put them in the bug tracker if we do launch with these bugs.)
>
> -Mike

Put the above bug description in the bug tracker anyway. Even if we  
fix it for 4.0.1.2, it is good to have it officially documented.

Mike
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