Re: how secure is terminal server over IP ?

if using 128 bit encryption then that is about as secure as you can get
without adding smartcards and stuff like that.

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Mark Mancini, CCA, CCNA, Master CIW&CI, CNE 4&5, MCSE+I 4&2000
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"Scott" <scottscotland@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> On a scale of 1-10 how safe is terminal server client over IP ?
>
> note:
> - terminal services running on an windows 2000 server
> - firewall port 3389 forwarded to the server IP
> - remote machine establishes a connection using terminal server client
and
> firewall external IP.
>
> What security concerns should I have ?
>
> I read somewhere that RDP is designed for this ?
>
> How much safer is PPTP connection on this scale ?
>
> Thanks
> Scott.
>
>