Michael Deats Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 (edited) Hey guys, I've got a PC at home and I want to set up remote desktop to it with the built in remote desktop from windows. Now I know how to do it, I just want to know how secure it is, and if you guys have any more tips on keeping it even more secure? Edit: Oh yeah, both the system I'm connecting to and from are both running windows 7, thought that might be relevant :) Edited June 5, 2010 by Michael Deats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Best bet is to use a SSH tunnel, a quick google reveals these instructions for tunneling remote desktop over SSH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 SSH tunnel would work, I wouldn't ever expose RDP or VNC to the internet. If you don't have the ability to set up an SSH tunnel, maybe look into something like TeamViewer and have it running in the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I was gonna suggest the TeamViewer too but spot on Dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Deats Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 I've used teamviewer before, but not to this extent. Will it perform well if running 24/7 ? Also, does it depend on high speed internet connections? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 I think it needs a high speed internet connection, but I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Deats Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Hmm, well where I stay, the internet is not exactly on-par with the rest of the world.. Would tunneling over ssh be faster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 If you are looking for security, VPN would probably be the best solution, Most home routers have some VPN capabilities. My question is, what are you trying to do? Remote access files? Remote-desktop like a VNC to click around? Or remote to say have a SSH for command line stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Deats Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) If you are looking for security, VPN would probably be the best solution, Most home routers have some VPN capabilities. My question is, what are you trying to do? Remote access files? Remote-desktop like a VNC to click around? Or remote to say have a SSH for command line stuff? Remote desktop like VNC :) Edited June 7, 2010 by Michael Deats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Hmm, well where I stay, the internet is not exactly on-par with the rest of the world.. Would tunneling over ssh be faster? Well, using a VPN or a tunnel of some nature does add a bandwidth over head, so there for, theoretically, would be slower. You are not likely to notice however as most encryption protocols don't increase the bandwidth used significantly (in some cases barley at all, in the case of SSH the additional bandwidth cost is only for the initial setup of the connection). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Deats Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 (edited) Well, using a VPN or a tunnel of some nature does add a bandwidth over head, so there for, theoretically, would be slower. You are not likely to notice however as most encryption protocols don't increase the bandwidth used significantly (in some cases barley at all, in the case of SSH the additional bandwidth cost is only for the initial setup of the connection). So SSH tunneling would be better then? Wasn't there an old hak5 ep on this? In like season 1? Edit: Found it! Episode 1x07 Edited June 8, 2010 by Michael Deats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I think it needs a high speed internet connection, but I could be wrong. I've remoted my Aunt's laptop over a mifi connection. They snowbird back and forth between OH and FL. Worked just fine. Little lag, but it wasn't bad enough to rule out that kind of connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Deats Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 (edited) Got the SSH server up and running, port forward and everything works except for the fact that DynDns is down for maintenance. Just having some issues getting the tunnel setup but I'm trying an app called tunnelier now :) Edit: Tunnelier seems to be working.. it's just slow as hell.. Edited June 10, 2010 by Michael Deats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 What issues are you running into? Why not just use Putty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Deats Posted June 11, 2010 Author Share Posted June 11, 2010 What issues are you running into? Why not just use Putty? I'm not sure if I'm doing the tunnel correctly, because it keeps saying that rpd isn't enabled or the PC isn't online? Any ideas.. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 (edited) This would probably answer it better than I can. Note: If you are using RDP, you need to pick a different source port than 3389, if you are going off a Windows box. Edited June 11, 2010 by Charles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Deats Posted June 12, 2010 Author Share Posted June 12, 2010 This would probably answer it better than I can. Note: If you are using RDP, you need to pick a different source port than 3389, if you are going off a Windows box. Can I use any other source port or is it a specific port I need to use for the source port? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Can I use any other source port or is it a specific port I need to use for the source port? You can use whatever source port you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Deats Posted June 12, 2010 Author Share Posted June 12, 2010 You can use whatever source port you want. Thanks man.. I'll try when I'm home again.. Any opinions on using untangle in a VM as an openVPN server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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