[THIN] Re: Win XP Pro and Remote Desktop Web Connection
- From: George Yobst <george.yobst@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 12:16:29 -0800
I do this too, running VNC. I set a firewall rule to my static IP at home to
my personal PC at work. I then use VNC to get to my PC, then run another
instance of the Viewer on that PC to get to the problem PC (like a dual jump).
-George
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 14:23:47 -0000, Davey <db1001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is this a wise idea ?
> I was going to slap remote desktop web connection on a win xp pro machine
> (at home) to allow me to connect to it via the internet.
> I'd be connecting to the machine at home from a specific IP address - so I
> could configure a firewall rule for this address only. The win XP machine
> will be SP2 with all the critical patches loaded. I'll use a combination of
> the broadband router inbuilt firewall and Norton firewall on the actual box.
>
> Should this be reasonably secure or should I just go down the remote desktop
> route and skip the web connection ?.. or does anyone else have a better
> solution (cheap !)
>
> Thanks
>
> Davey
>
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