Re: Remote Desktop Web Connection

From: Miha Pihler (mihap-news_at_atlantis.si)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 22:36:54 +0200

Hi,

RDP sessions are by default encrypted. How strong this encryption is depends
on OS and RDP client (Windows 2003 and latest client will by default use 128
bit encryption), Windows 2000 will use lower encryption.

Note, you will have to open TCP port 3389 to access your server using RDP
client...

What is risk here:
* anyone in the world can access logon site of your server (unless you
restrict this to specific IP, but then you can't logon to your server from
anywhere in the world)
* if you use cybercafé or something similar someone could sniff information
that you pass from computer in cybercafé to your server
* ...

I hope this helps,

Mike

"Al Kazan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2c6301c4ab19$864e5870$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> If you implement Remote Desktop Web Connection as part of
> IIS and you set up a web address via a Dynamic Hosting
> service you can use it to go through your local router to
> your computer and sign on your computer from any where in
> the world. How secure is this? When you reach your
> computer you must type in your password. Is this
> protected in any way if you choose anonymous access or
> can it be easily sniffed for passwords?

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