[X2Go-User] Possible to use server SSH key like FreeNX?

Jasmine Lognnes princess.jasmine.lognnes at gmail.com
Mon May 19 17:28:17 CEST 2014


> This NX key is/was never used the way you seem to think it is/was used.
> It is *not* a key securing the user's session.

OK. What was then the purpose of it?

> If you want to improve security, using individual SSH keys makes more sense.
> If you're dealing with minimum password requirements - which you can't
> enforce on a keyfile, as far as I know - then maybe you should think
> about using a VPN connection along with regular password authentication.
> VPNs can use shared or individual keys, though again I'd strongly
> recommend using individual ones.

Not a bad idea to require VPN. It should be interesting to see if any
latency will be introduced.


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