Re: How to check RDP is secured

"tman" <tony.barrett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D0A263CC-C549-4697-B20B-D0E1A1526C6A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for the quick reply. I used a sniffer, and the payload definately appeared as unreadable, so I was hoping the encryption was enabled. This requirement is for some remote customers to connect to an XP client over the internet. They don't really have much experience on encrypting/tunneling so I wanted to keep it simple. RDP is ok for them, so as long as I make the correct policy settings on the XP 'server', they should be ok. For there needs, 128-bit RC4 enc should be acceptable.


In addition to the "High" security setting I also configure my standalone RDP host or TS server to always prompt for a password. Again that is via a group policy. You might be interested in this RDP 6 authentication FAQ from the TS team blog...

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/archive/2007/01/22/vista-remote-desktop-connection-authentication-faq.aspx

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