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Securing Remote Administration Using Remote Desktop for Windows 2003 Server

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Terminal Services Configuration Tool

Many system administrators use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP for short, also known as Terminal Services) to remotely access their Windows servers. This is great if you need to get at your servers while on the road, at home, or unfortunately on a vacation.

Remote Desktop can be made more secure by making a few simple configuration changes. All setting are found within the Terminal Services Configuration Tool.

Open the Terminal Services Configuration Tool and right-click on the RDP-TCP connection and choose properties and make the following changes:

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