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Re: remote desktop question
From: Micheal Espinola Jr <michealespinola () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:32:46 -0400
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 brokeninto? (Well, aside from shutting it down.) Any pointers appreciated. Edmund
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