How can I secure Remote Desktop Client?

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Guest

We have several XP Pro Clients using Remote Desktop Client connecting to a
remote Windows 2000 Terminal Server.

What I'd like to do is specify who can connect, @ what time of day,
allowable IP addresses, better encryption, by MAC address, etc.

Anyone know of 3rd party software that will help me do this at low
cost/free. Already looked @ SecureRDP, not interested.

If anyone can help, greatly appreciate.

Thanks
 
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Steven L Umbach

You may also want to post in one of the TS newsgroups for info on third
party programs. You can configure a user's logon hours in their user account
though for a domain that would apply to all domain resources. You can
control who can logon to the TS by configuring permissions to RDP in it's
properties in TS configuration and remove the general groups and replace
with a group that contains users that you want to be able to have access. To
beef up network security look at using ipsec using ESP and having an ipsec
require policy on the TS for at least port 3389 TCP. Ipsec also allows you
to configure IP addresses in the filter though if not a subnet you need to
list IP addresses individually. The clients you want to access the TS would
need to have a compatible ipsec policy such as client/respond. As far as mac
addresses you could look into using a managed switch that lets you build a
list of allowed mac addresses though ipsec already gives you a huge extra
measure of security requiring computer authentication before communications
can begin. Ipsec is a somewhat complex topic and ipsec policies require
special considerations/exemptions for domain controllers in that they can
not use ipsec to secure any traffic used for authentication between
themselves and domain members and testing of an ipsec policy before
implementing. The links below explain more on ipsec. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=254949
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/architectureanddesign/ipsec/ipsecapa.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/architectureanddesign/ipsec/ipsecapd.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/architectureanddesign/ipsec/default.mspx
 

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