Remote Desktop over VPN

[Guest]

Hi all
i want to setup a system into our work place where users can
connect from home via Remote Desktop over a VPN.
What i need to know is when i test this in the lab i connect fine but how do
i know my Remote Desktop connection is actualy going over the VPN tunnel and
not just out on to the www and just connecting over standard Remote Desktop
connection.
Do i open both RDP ports as well as VPN ports or does VPN encapsulate the
RDP port inside the VPN or do i open just VPN ports to the server or both.

any help would be much appreciated

Daz

 

[Kurt]

Hi all
i want to setup a system into our work place where users can
connect from home via Remote Desktop over a VPN.
What i need to know is when i test this in the lab i connect fine but how do
i know my Remote Desktop connection is actualy going over the VPN tunnel and
not just out on to the www and just connecting over standard Remote Desktop
connection.
Do i open both RDP ports as well as VPN ports or does VPN encapsulate the
RDP port inside the VPN or do i open just VPN ports to the server or both.

any help would be much appreciated

Daz

You don't. In fact, it probably isn't if it's on the same subnet as your
LAN. RDP is pretty darn secure without requiring a VPN. It runs with
up to a 128 bit encrypted stream (Vista uses a 256 bit key). It uses
Windows login as the authentication and you can set a 3-try lockout if
you're paranoid. If the VPN connects from the inside, just try
connecting from the outside. If you are behind a NAT you'll need to
forward port 1723 to your VPN server. If the VPN connects from the
outside, you're in. If it connects from the inside but NOT the outside,
yu have a firewall/NAT issue. Or you can just forward port 3389 to your
RDP server and go without the VPN.

....kurt

 

[Guest]

Hi Kurt
thanks for your reply. So once a VPN is open from home and
you execute a RD to the server the RD goes over the VPN by default.
What i have is a Terminal Server on work lan and need clients to connect
from home over VPN thought about adding VPN and Certificates but i feel i may
over complicate things for my clients.
I suppose go for RDP first prove it works then go for RDP over VPN.

thanks again

Daz