[X2Go-User] configure x2go for servers inside a network with PaloAltoNetworking firewalls

[Richard Beare]

Hi,
I have a working installation of x2go, but there is some ugliness about the setup that I'd like to reduce. Any advice welcome.

Here's how it looks at the moment.

1) vpn connection to the institute.
2) ssh tunnel to the workstation from the laptop
3) x2go connected to the local tunnel port

This works, but we now have 3 layers of encyption.

The reason for not pointing x2go directly at the w orkstation is the use of PaloAltoNetworking appliances within the institution. These do a man-in-the-middle break of ssh connections and lead to the following error from x2go:


The PaloAltoNetworking installation stops a direct x2go connection to the workstation

Richard Beare

Team Leader (Computational Methods Group)
Developmental Imaging

Murdoch Children's Research Institute
The Royal Children's Hospital
Flemington Road Parkville Victoria 3052 Australia
T 8341 6403
E Richard.Beare at mcri.edu.au<mailto:richard.beare at mcri.edu.au>
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