Re: [Shorewall-users] Configuring RDC in Shorewall

[Eduardo F. <du...@ic...>]

Ray Booysen wrote on 25/10/2005 12:52:36:
> John Rufino wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > 
> > I would like to connect to say 3 or 4 machines running RDC how would I 

> > configure the rules so that i can do this. I currently need this as I 
> > need to access 3 of my servers from outside my network. I know you can 

> > do it with VNC but im not very fond of VNC.
> > 
> Hi John
> 
> Same rules as VNC, but with different ports.  The RDC port you require 
> is TCP 3389.
> 
Be aware that this is a very insecure form of remote access.  I would 
recommend a vpn login (ipsec, pptp, openvpn or whatever) before connecting 
via RDC.  Leaving a very well known port like 3389 open on your firewall 
is very dangerous...

cheers

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Eduardo Ferreira