-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mick wrote: > On Monday 02 October 2006 00:23, gentuxx wrote: >> gentuxx wrote: > >> I forgot to state the obvious, in that, the ability to RDP needs to be >> enabled on the target WinXP box. So, in System Properties, go to the >> Remote tab, make sure "Allow users to connect to this computer", select >> the appropriate users, and click OK. > > Thank you all for your advice! I don't think I checked if the server service > is running on the WinXP box - I remember shutting it down some years ago in > an effort to increase the security of this OS. Will look at it again when I > get home tonight. > > Talking about security, is the vnc method the only way to secure this > communication (for both machines)? Could there be perhaps ssh tunneling > established between the two boxen before the rdp protocol kicks in?
I believe the RDP connection is encrypted (using Diffie-Hellman or whatever algorithm Windows likes these days). A quick sniff gets what appears to be a key exchange and then a bunch of gobbledy-gook, so I think you should be good to go, if you're using RDP (and not VNC). This is based on vague recollections, and a quick sniff with wireshark, so, please, don't take it as gospel. - -- gentux echo "hfouvyyAhnbjm/dpn" | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' gentux's gpg fingerprint ==> 5495 0388 67FF 0B89 1239 D840 4CF0 39E2 18D3 4A9E -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFIa4YTPA54hjTSp4RAjc8AJ492HgkNcRXWXy9Uhw227vzSp1ZwQCgkg3z wnhZzHbK3UOP7kkcnK3jdz8= =OZ4b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
