RE: [lists] Terminal Server vulnerabilities

["Curt Purdy" <purdy () tecman com>]

Daniel Sichel wrote:
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> Naturally  I 
> don't like this answer because of horror stories I have heard 
> about Terminal server. They claim there are no unfixed 
> vulnerabilities to Terminal Server on Windows Server 2000 
> Service Pack 4. 

The problem with terminal server is not any vulnerablities that can be
exploited, but the fact that administrator can be bruteforced (6 attempts
followed by reconnect) and that it is screaming its existence on port 3889.
If you use it, definitely change the port in the registry.

Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, CNE, MCSE+I, CCDA 
Information Security Engineer 
DP Solutions 

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