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by brian.fries

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we are testing the web remote desktop admin in advance of rolling the new XP Pro machines out in a months time or so. I have some security fears on this and wont let it be running unless I am as certain as I can possibly be that this can not be exploited easily. Does anyone have any info on this feature Ive looked around microsoft and all I can find is the hype, no specifics on security issues for the Remote Web Access in XP. Thanks for any assistance.

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by mr. ezekial transistor

It is probably not any less secure than pcAnywhere or Terminal Services but it is new enough that it isn't fully exploited yet. It uses RC4-encrypted protocol so that's a plus. It is turned off by default only the Administrator has access by defaultso safe there. Just keep your patches up to date and follow security news and it is as safe as MS gets.

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