[X2Go-User] ssh-keygen.exe loads the processor every time the client starts

[Robert Dinse]

      Ok, in any case, it took my 12 year old workstation 5 seconds to connect.
Are we not perhaps splitting hairs?

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On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, Ulrich Sibiller wrote:

> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 09:35:29 +0200
> From: Ulrich Sibiller <uli42 at gmx.de>
> To: Robert Dinse <nanook at eskimo.com>
> Cc: Mihai Moldovan <ionic at ionic.de>, x2go users <x2go-user at lists.x2go.org>
> Subject: Re: [X2Go-User] ssh-keygen.exe loads the processor every time the
>     client starts
> 
> On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 9:22 AM, Robert Dinse <nanook at eskimo.com> wrote:
>>
>>      By doing so you weaken security for sites providing this capability.
>
> Yes, maybe, maybe not. Think about sites that have strict rules about
> keys. Or sites having to use specific key types. Or RSA being
> compromised. Currently there's nothing an admin can do.
>
> It's the site's administrator that has to decide about that. The tool
> can provide a default but the admin must be enabled to change it if
> desired.
>
> Uli
>