Locking down RDC connection

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I have RDC working well now, but I'd like to lock down where it can be
accessed from (e.g. by MAC address).

Alternatively is anyone aware of a hardware solution that would provide
stonger authentication using public/private key technology?

Thanks

Cliff
 
Not by MAC address, but some firewalls permit rules to only allow certain IP
addresses access...

Being a home user I can't speak to the issue of hardware based firewall
systems that may use private/public keys for authentication. Personally I
have used RDP through a SSH2 tunnel with a 2048-bit RSA private/public key
pair to access my home LAN. I am now experimenting with a free SSL-VPN
solution, which seems to be working very well...

http://3sp.com/showSslExplorer.do

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/SSH-RDP-VNC/RemoteDesktopVNCandSSH.html

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Al, thanks again. Both solutions look pretty cool. Will experiment.

For the hardware solution, I was thinking more along the lines of the
Aladdin eToken. It's a USB dongle-type device that has to be physically
present to log-in to Windows (with Aladdin's GINA installed). It's not
completely secure though (mind you though, what is?)

Cheers

Cliff
 
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