Security of remote desktop and terminal svcs

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I'm looking for confirmation on the existence of encryption for transmissions during a Terminal services session or the Remote Desktop connection from Windows XP. Are there any white papers on the subject/subjects as well? Any assistance would be appreciated

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Remote Desktop is encrypted natively. Here is one reference to that from the Resource Kit. There may
be others...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/pree_rem_quaq.asp

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MacLeod said:
I'm looking for confirmation on the existence of encryption for transmissions during a Terminal
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services session or the Remote Desktop connection from Windows XP. Are there any white papers on
the subject/subjects as well? Any assistance would be appreciated.
 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...termserv/termserv/remote_desktop_protocol.asp

Here's another one--others can be found in help on XP.

The default for an XP to XP connection is 128 bit key--also for XP to
Windows Server 2003. For Windows 2000 it is more complicated, and I don't
have a chart at hand--I think after a given SP the default became 128 bit,
but I'm not completely sure how it works. I know I set my PPTP VPN's to
only connect at the highest encryption strength, and they do!
 
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