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REWARD: Securing RDP for Terminal Services

I'm a Linux admin and don't have much Windows experience.

Can someone run me through securing RDP connections and sessions please ? For users and the admin ? A £5 Amazon voucher for you in return. Thank you.
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RDP is designed to be secure and this security was improved with the release of Windows 7, you can do the following if your server and client is running Windows 7:

Control Panel > System And Security > System > Remote Settings > Remote tab.

Select "Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication".

Configure CredSSP on Windows XP:

http://support.microsoft. ...

You can have a VPN that both the server and client can join which provides an extra layer of security by encrypting the network data. So that's a encrypted RDP inside an encrypted network. You can create you own VPN, see link:

http://ultra-it.blogspot. ...

Change the listen port for RDP from the default one:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306759

Configure your router to only accept RDP (by port number) connections from specific IP's, you will have to consult the manual for the specific router you have. This can be done on both the server and client side. Not any use if you decide to use a VPN.


Response by:
stevenrossuk
1325 points
Check out this link if you would like to use ssh to encrypt your rdp connection.

http://theillustratednetw ...

Response by:
rscheideman
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