Ben Cohen is an experienced account manager based in Israel with 11 years of professional experience across automotive leasing, sales, and real estate. He combines strong negotiation and client-relations skills with a practical, solutions-focused approach to managing corporate fleets and lease programs. Beyond account management, Ben contributes technical value as a backend developer on notable open-source Remote Desktop Protocol projects like xrdp and FreeRDP, where he implemented ssh-agent forwarding and fixed core session-handling bugs. This blend of commercial acumen and hands-on technical contributions gives him a rare ability to translate complex technical requirements into customer-facing solutions. Known for steady delivery and pragmatic problem solving, he thrives at the intersection of client success and engineering.
Contributions:8 commits, 10 PRs, 29 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the `xrdp` project by fixing bugs and implementing features related to the Remote Desktop Protocol server's functionality. They addressed issues such as handling session errors and allowing connections from non-root users when using Unix Domain Sockets. Furthermore, the user developed code to forward ssh-agent data between ssh clients and RDP sessions. Their work involved modifications to core files within the `sesman` and `xrdp` directories, impacting connection handling and security.
FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 10 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily focused on developing a dynamic virtual channel plugin for the FreeRDP project, specifically implementing the ssh-agent forwarding functionality. This involved creating a client-side plugin to forward ssh-agent queries over an RDP dynamic virtual channel. The user's contributions added the necessary code for establishing connections, handling data transfer between the client and the ssh-agent, and managing the virtual channel's lifecycle. The user also implemented and fixed server-side components for similar SSH agent functionality.
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