IAP Desktop 2.16 improves the Project Explorer and lets you customize fonts
Release 2.16 is out, and it contains multiple improvements to the Project Explorer tool window as well as the ability to customize your SSH terminal better. Continue »
Using IAP Desktop for zero-trust SSH access
IAP Desktop 2.13 now lets you connect to Linux instances by using SSH. You can run multiple SSH and Remote Desktop in parallel, all secured by Identity-Aware-Proxy. Continue »
Does IAP Desktop support .rdp files, or anything similar?
If you frequently use Remote Desktop, then you might be used to creating .rdp files for the servers you connect to most often. IAP Desktop does not support .rdp files, but there is an alternative way to open IAP Desktop and connect to a server in a single click.
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IAP Desktop 2.11
Yesterday I released version 2.11 of IAP Desktop. This new version introduces multi-display support and more. Continue »
How IAP Desktop protects TCP tunnels
In the last post, we looked at the risks of using local port forwarding and how it’s difficult to protect TCP tunnels in a multi-user environment. In this post, we take a look at how IAP Desktop protects its tunnels. Continue »
Using gcloud in Azure Pipelines
Using Azure Pipelines to deploy Cloud Run applications has recently become a lot easier. Continue »
IAP Desktop 2.10
On Tuesday, I released version 2.10 of IAP Desktop, introducing proxy auto-configuration support, better AppLocker compatibility and more. Continue »
Goodbye RDCMan, hello IAP Desktop
Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) is gone, it and took the Google Cloud IAP for Remote Desktop plugin with it. But now there is IAP Desktop to supersede both of them. Continue »
New version of the Cloud IAP plugin for Remote Desktop released
A few days ago, I released version 1.1.22 of the Cloud IAP plugin for Remote Desktop on Github.
The three main new features in this release are:
- A managed implementation of Cloud IAP TCP tunneling
- OAuth-based authorization.
- Support for custom GCP session lengths.