<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">If you have a DHCP environment without decent hostkey management disabling struct hostkey checks makes it a bit more comfortable. Please do not judge the user's desire as inappropriate without knowing his reasons...<br><br>Uli<br><br><br>Vom Smartphone gesendet.</div></div><div dir="ltr"><hr><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Von: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:X2Go-ML-1@baur-itcs.de">Stefan Baur</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Gesendet: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">26.03.2017 18:20</span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">An: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:x2go-user@lists.x2go.org">x2go-user@lists.x2go.org</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Betreff: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Re: [X2Go-User] StrictHostKeyChecking=no</span><br><br></div>Am 26.03.2017 um 17:43 schrieb Ivan Gomez:<br><br>> Just sending this again in case someone knows the answer and missed it.<br><br>This isn't a web forum where you could "bump" posts.<br><br>List replies are provided by volunteers, and thus may take some time.<br>(If you are looking for support with guaranteed response times, please<br>sign up for commercial support. Info below.)<br><br>At present, both me and my assistant list-master (list-mistress,<br>actually) are suffering from the flu, another key X2Go member is on a<br>well-deserved vacation, another is out of the country, so things may<br>take a little longer than usual.<br><br><br>> Is there a way to disable Strict Host Key Checking on X2Go client for<br>> windows?<br><br>I would hope not, as that would expose X2Go users to undetectable<br>Man-in-the-Middle-Attacks.<br>There is a command line parameter to make X2GoClient auto-accept an<br>unknown key, but it will complain if the key changes on subsequent<br>connection attempts. This is by design.<br><br><br>> I would like to ignore the Host Key changed waring (screenshot<br>> attached). If you have suggestions other than using<br>> StrictHostKeyCheking=no please share.<br><br>Maybe you could instead explain why you believe you need to make your<br>users ignore that warning? It sure sounds like the wrong thing to do,<br>so maybe it's time to take a few steps back and look at the actual<br>problem from a distance, to see if there aren't any alternative routes<br>to take.<br><br><shameless plug><br>X2Go also has a commercial side, where various companies - including<br>my own - offer support contracts with guaranteed response times as<br>well as consultancy and paid-for development work if someone wants to<br>see a bug fixed or a new feature added in a certain time frame.<br><br>What makes my company special is, IMHO:<br>1) I'm the current X2Go Project/Community Coordinator, so the<br> development lead and the developers tend to listen to me.<br>2) As far as I know, we are the only company providing X2Go support<br> that isn't a one-man-show. Oh, and we already have US customers.<br>3) We sub-contract other developers from the X2Go community on demand,<br> so you only have one person you need to talk to - me - and you will<br> only receive one invoice, even if the task involved several freelance<br> or part-time X2Go developers.<br><br>Our hourly rate for consultancy work and fixing issues outside of a<br>support contract is 110 EUR.<br>With a support contract, you get guaranteed response times (starting at<br>400 EUR/month for 24h response time during business hours in the<br>CET/CEST time zone from Monday to Friday, German holidays excluded)<br>and lower hourly rates if you buy a certain amount of hours in advance.<br></shameless plug><br><br>Kind Regards,<br>Stefan Baur<br><br>-- <br>BAUR-ITCS UG (haftungsbeschränkt)<br>Geschäftsführer: Stefan Baur<br>Eichenäckerweg 10, 89081 Ulm | Registergericht Ulm, HRB 724364<br>Fon/Fax 0731 40 34 66-36/-35 | USt-IdNr.: DE268653243<br><br></body></html>