[X2go-User] Indirect connection

[Paul van der Vlis]

Op 14-08-11 19:29, Mike Gabriel schreef:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> On Sa 13 Aug 2011 14:06:26 CEST Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> 
>>>> Of cause I can make a port forwarding, or an SSH tunnel from the fat
>>>> client to my computer, but maybe you have a better and more flexible
>>>> idea?
> 
>> No, it are very normal fat-clients behind NAT, and only I (the sysadmin)
>> need connect to them, to help the people when there are problems. I am
>> looking for an easy and flexible way to connect.
> 
> PyHoca-GUI is targetted at system administrators who use X2go for system
> administration. This is my primary use case...
> 
> What I do is:
> 
>   o place a linux machine in the customer network and make it accessible
> via
>     X2go (open SSH port with reverse NAT to this machine only)
>   o from their on...
>       - Windows clients: use X2go sessions as RDP-proxy connections
>       - Linux clients: PyHoca-GUI has SSH proxy support included, check
>         the config dialog Window for this
> 
> PyHoca-GUI's great advantage compared to x2goclient is the handling of
> multiple sessions to the same session profile as well as to multiple
> session profiles.

Sounds very good. I've never tested PyHoca-GUI but now I need ;-)

>> ( Hmmm, IPv6 is an option here. But I have many other customers where
>> the ISP does not offer IPv6. )
> 
> No IPv6 ISP needed, use an IPv6 tunnel broker (e.g. SixXS):
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IPv6_tunnel_brokers

I have an ISP who provides native IPv6 over ADSL, and this customer too.

But not all my customers have such a provider, using an IPv6 tunnel
there could be an option.

Bye,
Paul.




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