Full Disclosure: Re: [lists] Terminal Server vulnerabilities

[Jonathan Rickman <jrickman () gmail com>]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:38:30 -0600, Curt Purdy <purdy () tecman com> wrote:

> The problem with terminal server is not any vulnerablities that can be
> exploited, but the fact that administrator can be bruteforced (6 attempts
> followed by reconnect) and that it is screaming its existence on port 3889.
> If you use it, definitely change the port in the registry.
You can use the local security policy to prevent administrators from
logging in via terminal services and then enable "run as" for
administrative tasks...which should be done anyway. Changing the port
number is another good step though.

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Jonathan
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