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Security by obscurity isn't security...
Implementing a VPN/Tunnelling solution can also provide additional
security.
Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking & Smart Display MVP)
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:16:17 GMT, Stephen Wright
<stephenwright______@_______ntlworld.com________> wrote:
>i would add:
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>changing the standard port of 3389 to something else,
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>making it more secure.
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>Much harder to break in when you can't find what you're breaking in to.
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>ste
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>Bill Sanderson wrote:
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>> There was one security patch issued fairly early on in XP's existence, for a
>> weakness in how the encryption was used in the connection.
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-051.mspx
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>> I agree with WimvV, and recommend logging, lockouts and password complexity.
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>> "WimvV" <w.vvv.voort@home.nl.com> wrote in message
>> news:cfkji9$qn1$1@news1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
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