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Re: remote desktop question


From: Micheal Espinola Jr <michealespinola () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:32:46 -0400

Just like tunnelling VNC.

On 10/24/05, Jeff Gercken <JeffG () kizan com> wrote:
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







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