RE: remote desktop question

["Jason Harris" <jharris () newhorizonscr com>]

If setting up a terminal server with Win2k and you want 128bit then you'll
have to manually set that up through terminal services configuration under
the properties of the RDP-Tcp connections. The encryption level by default is
at medium (56-bit). You'll also need 128bit support in the OS. As a note, if
you've made TS client disks before setting the encryption level to high
you'll need to recreate the client disks in order for them to work with high
encryption.  It seems that the remote desktop client that comes with XP can
automatically go between. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Elmar Klügel [mailto:ekluegel () web de] 
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 12:58 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Cc: Stacy Olivas; scottslists () barringtonlibrary org
Subject: Re: remote desktop question

Am Donnerstag, 2. Januar 2003 19:33 schrieb Stacy Olivas:
The rdp 4/5 (Microsoft) and ICA (Citrix) protocol are encryptet by design.

See an overview about ICA and RDP:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/features/rdp.asp


> Whenever I use Terminal Services (a.k.a Remote Desktop) I establish an ssh
> session and use the port forwarding feature
> to tunnel the ts session thru.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scott [mailto:scottslists () barringtonlibrary org]
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 5:38 PM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: remote desktop question
>
>
> hi,
>
> this might be a stupid question but, is there any encryption used with
> remote desktop.  also, if there is not is there any products (free or low
> cost) that i can use to protect my remote desktop connections, such as vpn,
> and what is the best way to set it up?
>
> thanks
>
> Scott

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CU Elmar