How good is Windows RDP's encryption?

From: Mikhail Teterin (usenet_at_aldan.algebra.com)
Date: 03/29/05

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    Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:12:23 -0500

    The XP servers support encryption (except in French versions of XP) in the
    Remote Desktop Protocl (RDP) and so do the clients -- at least, the one
    from http://www.rdesktop.org/ , which is what I plan to use.

    But how easy is it to crack? I need to be able to access friend's three
    Windows desktops once in a while and can setup ssh-tunneling, or simply
    configure his firewall device to forward 3 different ports on his public
    IP-address to the port 3389 ("rdp") on his three different private IPs.

    The second option is certainly simpler -- how dangerous is it? Is the
    encryption of the protocol real or is it just some kind of obfuscation
    easily openable by anyone, able to sniff a couple of hours worth of
    traffic?

    Thanks!

            -mi

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