Re: remote desktop question

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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