On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 1:08 PM jeremims <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi everybody.
>
> I have a fresh install of guacamole on debian 10.3 tomcat 9 and Guac 1.1,
> ldap (for active directory) and otp extension.
>
> I have some security questions with RDP connexion :
>
> User is connected on windows server over guacamole in Chrome or Firefox.
> Windows  logoff , close navigator, open navigator with url of the last rdp
> session. > guacamole start a news logon in windows without guacamole login
> request.
>
> I try to use in guacamole.propertie : api-session-timeout:1 or 0. but
> nothin
> to do ...
>
> This property is set in minutes, and I doubt that 0 triggers an immediate
logoff, so the lowest value you can get is probably 1, which means you have
to wait at least 1 minute for the session (token) to expire.


> It's an enormous security hole !
>

No, it's not.  The authentication mechanism within Guacamole Client issues
tokens that have a lifetime on them, configured in minutes.  These tokens
expire periodically - by default, every hour - but, unless the user logs
out, or the token expires, the user can re-launch the browser with that
session.  This is fairly normal behavior when it comes to websites - when
you launch Gmail.com and log in to your Google account, you can close your
browser completely and re-launch it and you don't have to log back in.
Most web sites work this way.


>
> do you have the same behavior ?
>
>
Yes, I experience the same behavior, and I use the tool with this behavior
in mind.  If I want to log off, I go to the menu and select Log Off.

-Nick

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