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Yeah - the internet can hack RDP as well as SSH - they both expose a port and Microsoft recent had a global RDP bug (though not for recent versions) that enable
by hobs 7y ago
Yeah - the internet can hack RDP as well as SSH - they both expose a port and Microsoft recent had a global RDP bug (though not for recent versions) that enabled that very problem.
A VPN is a good suggestion, and I would probably position it as an industry best practice whether you are using RDP or other network protocols to access their resources.
- mattbillenstein 7y agoYeah, in that case, just compare the relative security events between rdp and ssh and you'll probably convince them they should not be running rdp on the open internet...
- pcgeller 7y agoGood point, thank for the input. I found some other discussion on RDP and SSH security here: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1545145 https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1545145 https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/133342/how-secure-is-rdp https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/133342/how-secu... https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/ssh-vs-vpn-vs-vnc-vs-software-vs-rdp-which-to-choose-and-why.2358432/ https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/ssh-vs-vpn-vs-vnc-vs-so...