Re: Remote Desktop risks through VPN
From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/12/05
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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 19:03:26 -0400
The risks are actually pretty minimal. The RDP protocol is encrypted, on top of your VPN connection. The worst that could happen is that users can map their local drives to the RD host. If they had a viral or other type of malware infection, it could possibly be spread that way, but since they're already VPN'd in, and probably have access to LAN resources, its really a non-issue.
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