[X2Go-Dev] X2go browser plugin & session broker

[Ted Barnes]

Hi All:

Currently the people I support who use x2go connect over ssh and are 
"outside the firewall".   This means needing some secure way to get 
remote users the ssh private key.

Q:  How do other people do this, where there is no secure connection 
until the private ssh key is provided?  Email doesn't seem to be a great 
way to send someone a key (e.g., as a password protected file)....maybe 
try some sort of "user login" web page or drop box?  My understanding of 
the documented way of giving someone a key assumes you are on the same 
LAN....is that wrong?

Q:  Does x2go session broker still require ssh even if the initial 
connection is made over HTTPS?  Would x2go session broker be a way to 
avoid using SSH keys but still provide an encrypted connection?

Q:  Does the x2go plugin work on Windows and OS X at this point?  Would 
the x2go plugin be a means to connect over HTTPS securely with a user 
name and password and avoid SSH keys?

Any suggestions, please!