RE: Re: Remote connections

From: Erick Waldchen (ErickWaldchen_at_MSNHealth.com)
Date: 10/19/04

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    Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:19:16 -0500
To: "Laura Robinson" <larobins@verizon.net>, <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>

    > Don't be too sure- do you know where RDP came from? With that said, I
    think it's time for you to take a > look at it before making what you
    admit are biased statements about it. Never comment on something >
    you've not used is usually a good approach, I find.

    Thanks for the platitude. But lets take a look:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5712

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5711

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2326

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10325

    RDP has had its fair share of issues in the past to warrant concern over
    using it in the present.

    TightVNC is no saint either:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4835
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4839

    The lesson? Any remote access software is going to be a potential
    security hazard. After securing it as best you can you still have to
    decide whether the increase in convenience and functionality is worth
    the added risk.

     

     

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