RE: remote desktop question

["Jeff Gercken" <JeffG () kizan com>]

I know this thread is getting stale, but I found a really, really good
howto on RDP over ssh tunneling.
http://www.engr.wisc.edu/computing/best/rdesktop-putty.html

Ever wonder why the mstsc.exe client won't let you connect to localhost?
This site explains why (with a workaround).

-jeff

On 10/21/05, cc <cc () belfordhk com> wrote:
> 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