[Full-disclosure] RDP, can it be done safely?

[Jeffrey Walton]

Hi Dan,

Where are the users located (local LAN or from an untrusted network such as
the Internet)?

If I recall correctly, RDP encryption is "turned on" from a GPO setting that
applies to the host/server, and not just RDP [or was it strong encryption?]
(corrections, please). So you can get a secure RDP connection at the cost of
possibly breaking other functionality.
You might find it easier to use another remote access solution.

Jeff

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Daniel Sichel <daniels at ponderosatel.com>wrote:

>  We have a boneheaded group of software developers who even in this day
> and age eschew the client server model of software for the easier dumber run
> it from the console school of design. So I have this idiotic Windows
> accounting application that MUST run on an application server, cannot be run
> from a client.  Rather than have my accounting department log in directly to
> the physical box, I would like to have them use some flavor of terminal
> services on my Windows server. My question therefore is, can I turn on RDP
> safely, without exposing my Windows server to risk of exploitation?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> Dan S.
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