Re: remote desktop question

[Netops <michael () bluesuperman com>]

Hey,

	I suggest allowing a user to SSH into a portal type server and they can 
use RDP over that.

On a linux box you could run:
ssh -L 3389:internalIP::3389 user@remotehost

Then I can now run rdestop 127.0.0.1 and my rdp connection will be 
forward over SSH to that internal IP :)

You could also setup a VPN over SSL :) using OpenVPN ... it is free.

Michael Gale


cc 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