$64,000 Question -- How secure is Remote Desktop?

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From: Larry Schwartz (LESchwartz-NoSpam_at_VictorInc.com)
Date: 05/25/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 11:50:34 -0500

Ok, here's the $64,000 Question -- How secure is Remote Desktop? I have
opened a "hole" in my SOHO firewall and forwarded port 3389 to my WinXP Pro
machine. I'm surprised by how well it works. However, I'm a little worried
that I've just opened a myself up to all manner of nefarious attacks. Are
there any other security precautions I should take, or will Remote Desktop
be secure enough all by itself? What are the rest of you doing?

Larry

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