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Old 06-16-2008   #1 (permalink)
Cnews


 
 

Remote desktop is not secure

I had a consultant give me the fire drill about how our network is at risk
because we have 2 people connecting via remote desktop to 1 server. These
are set in GP to enforce high encryption level. My understanding is this
is secure- and according to the technet article I read- even login
credentials are encrypted.
Is this correct? Is the contractor just trying to scare us to have hime
setup a vpn for $$$.
Looking for comments

Thanks

craig



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Old 06-16-2008   #2 (permalink)
Mr. Arnold


 
 

Re: Remote desktop is not secure


"Cnews" <carl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>I had a consultant give me the fire drill about how our network is at risk
>because we have 2 people connecting via remote desktop to 1 server.
>These are set in GP to enforce high encryption level. My understanding is
>this
> is secure- and according to the technet article I read- even login
> credentials are encrypted.
> Is this correct? Is the contractor just trying to scare us to have hime
> setup a vpn for $$$.
> Looking for comments
The sensible thing to do is use a VPN solution. I think that most who are
concerned about security would recommend the usage of a VPN solution in this
situation with a strong user name and password on the remote host machine
being connected to over the Internet by client machines.

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Old 06-24-2008   #3 (permalink)
Lindfalas


 
 

Re: Remote desktop is not secure

Hi.

Well svpn is good, but if the server is setup right it would not be a
problem.
Its up to admin to secure the server.. if admin cant do that he should
change job.

Greetz


"Cnews" <carl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OCQlELB0IHA.5108@xxxxxx
Quote:

>I had a consultant give me the fire drill about how our network is at risk
>because we have 2 people connecting via remote desktop to 1 server.
>These are set in GP to enforce high encryption level. My understanding is
>this
> is secure- and according to the technet article I read- even login
> credentials are encrypted.
> Is this correct? Is the contractor just trying to scare us to have hime
> setup a vpn for $$$.
> Looking for comments
>
> Thanks
>
> craig
>
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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