Re: RDP over the internet

[Ricardo Ferreira <ricardo.ferreira () sotechdatacenter com br>]

On 10-01-2012 16:00, Mike Hale wrote:
> "Don't leave port 3389 open on the Internet at all, the port is much
> too vulnerable."
>
> Explain.  What unpatched vulnerabilities for RDP exist in Server 2008?
>
> Why is it more secure to provide your credentials to a third party and
> to install a third party client on your machine?
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:47 AM, William Baltas
> <bill.baltas () cleanwaterteam com>  wrote:
> > Mario,  Don't leave port 3389 open on the Internet at all, the port is much too vulnerable.  If you need to perform 
> > remote administration, do this through a VPN tunnel or use a third party service such as gotomypc.
> >
> > Good Luck,
> > Bill
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of mariofa88 () gmail com
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:22 AM
> > To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Subject: RDP over the internet
> >
> > Hi all I would like to know what are your opinions of using RDP over the internet on a Windows 2008 R2 server? Are 
> > there any major known exploits or vulnerabilities? How safe is the server with having port 3389 open to the internet.
> >
> > Rgds,
> > Mario
> >
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Answers to your questions...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS09-044
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-017
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-065



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Cordialmente,

Ricardo Ferreira
Telecom, Tecnologia e Segurança da Informação
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it benefits your company and how your customers can tell if a site is secure. You will find out how to test, purchase, 
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