Remote Desktop

I have no idea about Remote Desktop in Windows. However, in GNU/Linux I frequently use secure X11 forwarding with SSH. Maybe this will give you some ideas.

I connect to my server locally as well as remotely to forward graphical output, either running a full desktop environment or individual applications, as necessary. It requires an X11 server running at the client end, but that's easy to obtain for most OSes, including Windows, but I generally use GNU/Linux anyway.

The core security feature is that my SSH daemon is configured to disallow password authentication; it only accepts public key auth, which requires a copy of an encrypted private key on any clients. This eliminates the risk of a dictionary attack, and still provides strong password protection. The key password may (and ought to) be different from your user's on the server. Thus the keys and passwords can also be changed easily and frequently.

I'm confident that a similar configuration must be available for Remote Desktop, probably with a third-party app, though I don't know of any in particular. It's a common enough technique that someone must have implemented it, I think.

Greg K;220172 wrote: I just started using Remote Desktop to connect to my desktop system from my laptop. I use the desktop system for file sharing and things like video/audio editing (I built one heck of a system). Well I'm liking remote desktop so far, and would like to know from peole who know it and security, how secure is this across the internet and/or suggestions of other ways to do this.

Right now I only use this from home, but was curious. I had always used a program called Remote Administrator, but the limitation there was the resolution was set by the system you were connecting to. I was happily surprised that when I connected to my desktop which is set for a higher resolution, showed at the resolution for my laptop without having to scroll.

Remote Admin allowed me to put one heck of a password on it, Remote Desktop seems to just use the systems login. So my question is how secure this is.

Thank you in advance for any tips and such.

-Greg

Hi Greg

If you are thinking of using Remote Desktop externally I would recommend you set up a VPN connection first (Virtual Private Network). The VPN would get you a very secure connection to your router (Router needs to support VPN) and then you can could connect via remote desktop.

Remote desktop is secure but not as secure as VPN. If you want to continue using Remote Desktop, I would recommend you keep your Microsoft Updates up to date and may also want to read this info - click here

Thanks

gkd said it best. Remote desktop client like ultravnc w/ their security plugin + VPN.

not sure sorry but i use AnyPlace Control and seems to be pretty secure and works great