Re: Securing management access?

Hello Augusto,

Thanks for replying, I'll explain in a bit more detail.
I would like to manage a server that shall be hosted in a hosting center, so
I do not have physical access to that server. Now I wonder what
infrastructure I need (firewall? VPN?...) and which settings I should use in
order to safely manage this server from our office.

I was thinking of some scenario's:
A. Setup a VPN between our office and the server and only allow management
traffic to that server from the VPN
But this might be complex to setup (I won't know exactly how to do this).

B. Just use IP filtering to limit the source for management
This might be too simple and easy to bypass for hackers.

C. Just use Remote Desktop protocol (RDP)
Perhaps RDP traffic is encrypted by nature and using it to manage a remote
server outside our network might be sufficient. But I don't believe so just
yet, although I can't tell the exact risks of this solution.

I hope this information is sufficient for you to get a picture of what I'm
looking for, I hope you can help me find the best and most secure solution.

TIA,
Jeroen
"Augusto Alvarez" wrote:

Its not really clear what you need to do on your network. You want to
configure a VPN or do you want to block any access from an external network
to your server?


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"JBJBJB" <JBJBJB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I would very much like to know how I can configure the firewall or network
settings of a Windows 2003 server in a way that it can only be managed and
accessed from our office. Could I use IP filtering for it and would it
suffice? Perhaps create a VPN between our office and the servers, but I
can't
find any article on how to set this up properly.

Does anyone have guideline articles on how to configure this? Perhaps some
links to articles on how to set this up

TIA,
Jeroen


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