SBS 2008 – Cannot RDP to machines via VPN or from other sites
Nov17

SBS 2008 – Cannot RDP to machines via VPN or from other sites

KB ID 0000193 Problem The firewall policy that Server 2008 uses out of the box only allows RDP connections from the local LAN. This is great in an office environment, but it you have remote VPN clients (On a different IP range) that can’t get access to your client PC’s or member servers via RDP, not so good. If you have a member server running terminal services for example, then having RDP blocked will stop it working. You...

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RDP to Multiple Servers with a Cisco PIX/ASA Firewall
Nov17

RDP to Multiple Servers with a Cisco PIX/ASA Firewall

KB ID 0000167  Problem WARNING: Allowing RDP traffic from ‘any’ IP this is a monumentally bad idea, ONLY allow RDP traffic from trusted hosts/networks, or better still, limit RDP to clients/locations the have their traffic protected by VPN. You want to connect via “Remote Desktop” to multiple servers behind your firewall. To do this you have three options. Note: This is an old article that refers to ‘pre...

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Cisco ASA – Port Forwarding To A Different Port
Nov17

Cisco ASA – Port Forwarding To A Different Port

Port Translation KB ID 0001087  Problem Note: This is for Cisco ASA 5500, 5500-x, and Cisco Firepower devices running ASA Code. A very long time ago I wrote an article about how to port forward from a public IP address to multiple servers for RDP. Basically you would connect to the firewall using various different ports, and the firewall would change the port to the correct one for RDP (TCP port 3389, unless you changed it on the...

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