Secure Remote Desktop?

[kramer31]

Hi. I need to use Remote Desktop to perform administrative tasks on a
company server. I'm worried about people stealing passwords or
snooping on the session.

1. Does Remote Desktop use a secure socket protocol by default (if not
it probably should)?
2. If not, can I set it up to use SSL for both

a. authentication (to prevent password theft)
b. the entire session (to prevent snooping)

Thanks.

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

You may want to use VPN.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"kramer31" <kramer.newsreader@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1184715821.775584.182820@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
Hi. I need to use Remote Desktop to perform administrative tasks on a
company server. I'm worried about people stealing passwords or
snooping on the session.

1. Does Remote Desktop use a secure socket protocol by default (if not
it probably should)?
2. If not, can I set it up to use SSL for both

a. authentication (to prevent password theft)
b. the entire session (to prevent snooping)

Thanks.

 

[Brian Spolarich]

"kramer31" <kramer.newsreader@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184715821.775584.182820@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
> Hi. I need to use Remote Desktop to perform administrative tasks on a
> company server. I'm worried about people stealing passwords or
> snooping on the session.

http://www.bitvise.com/winsshd (Windows SSH server, not free)
http://www.bitvise.com/tunnelier (Windows SSH client, free)

A good combo. You get automatic RDP tunneling with the client, so you can
connect to your SSH server w/ strong authentication and strong encryption.
You do have to open port 22 (ssh) through your firewall.

Otherwise, VPN. OpenVPN and SSLExplorer are free, but require some work to
get going.

 

[Greg O]

On Jul 17, 4:43 pm, kramer31 <kramer.newsrea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi. I need to use Remote Desktop to perform administrative tasks on a
> company server. I'm worried about people stealing passwords or
> snooping on the session.
>
> 1. Does Remote Desktop use a secure socket protocol by default (if not
> it probably should)?
> 2. If not, can I set it up to use SSL for both
>
> a. authentication (to prevent password theft)
> b. the entire session (to prevent snooping)
>
> Thanks.

Remote Desktop already uses encryption, for example you can see the
settings for this using terminal server. You can use https (i.e. SSL)
with Remote Web Workplace in 2003 Small Business Server.