RE: remote desktop question

From: Richard Parry (richard_at_generic-edesign.co.uk)
Date: 10/22/05

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:55:29 +0100

    Edmund,

    Since you already have a firewall system in place, I would suggest
    looking into the VPN capabilities of that firewall, closing the RDP port
    you have opened and only allow authenticated VPN users who have logged
    into the network access to the RDP sessions. RDP sessiona are encrypted
    with 128bit anyway, but at least with protecting the login to
    authenticated VPN users you won't need to worry about external
    break-ins.

    Hope this helps. Richard

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    Sent: 21 October 2005 7:28 AM
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    Subject: remote desktop question

    Dear All,

    The company I work with recently required a remote desktop access and to
    keep the budget down, I used a XP Pro system to receive only one Remote
    Desktop user.

    Since this requires the opening up of a port on the firewall, I'm quite
    concerned. I have limited the system to only one or
    two users who can log on. Since this is my initial foray
    into the remote desktop client (in the past, we used PCAnywhere, but
    it's getting more and more expensive(hard to justify purchasing a
    license for each system).

    In what ways can I protect the remote desktop system from
    being broken into? (Well, aside from shutting it down.)

    Any pointers appreciated.

    Edmund 

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