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Secure Connection to Your Windows XP Pro Computer Anytime, Anywhere. Present by Vuong Phung Operating Systems Administrator for The CATS 2005 Conference Network & Computer Service Center (NCS) College of Science – San Jos é State University. Why?.
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Secure Connection to Your Windows XP Pro Computer Anytime, Anywhere Present by Vuong Phung Operating Systems Administrator for The CATS 2005 Conference Network & Computer Service Center (NCS) College of Science – San José State University
Why? • Access to your computer anytime from anywhere (where Internet connection is available) • Transfer files or copy and paste documents between two computers • Print to a local printer • Better than TightVNC/VNC • Cost $0 • Secure • Easy to implement
One of the Working Scenario SSH Server Internet 1. SSH tunnel connection 2. RD connection XP Pro SP2 Campus Network Windows/Mac OS X/*NIX
One XP Pro SP 2 computer One static IP address One SSH account on the network where this computer resides I will refer to this computer as the XP Pro computer A Windows 95/98/Me/ NT/2000/XP/Mac OS X/ *NIX computer A free Remote Desktop Connection software for non-XP computer A free Putty SSH client software for Windows I will refer to this computer as the Remote computer Requirement
Action Overview • Gather information and write it down • Configure the XP Pro computer • Configure the Remote computer • Attempt to make the first remote desktop connection • Make the connection even more secure
Gather Information • The static IP address of the XP Pro computer • The static IP address/DNS name of the SSH server that you will connect to • The SSH account username and password
Configure the XP Pro Computer • Update and patch Windows • Verify to make sure it has a static IP address • Turn on the Remote Desktop option and allow at least one remote user • Turn off the XP firewall • Verify that port 3389 is listening
Configure the Remote Computer • Update and patch Windows • Download and install Remote Desktop Connection for non-Windows XP computer • Download and install DigestIT 2004 software • Download and verify Putty software • Configure Putty software (Mac OSX and *NIX uses built-in SSH command)
Attempt the First RD Connection On the Remote computer • Use the Putty software to connect to the SSH server and logon with the provided username and password (Mac OSX and *NIX uses ssh –2 –L 3388:your-XP-Pro-IP:3389username@your-SSH-server) • Use the Remote Desktop Connection software to connect to “localhost:3388” • Logon to the XP Pro computer for the first time
Secure the Connection Further On the XP Pro computer • Change the default listening port 3389 to another port • Turn on the XP firewall • Set the XP firewall to accept only the remote desktop connection traffic from the SSH server
Resources How To on my website http://ncs.science.sjsu.edu/vphung/index.php?How_To Microsoft website Remote Desktop Connection software for Windows and Mac OS X http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/tools/rdclientdl.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/otherproducts.aspx?pid=remotedesktopclient How to change the listening port for Remote Desktop http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306759/EN-US/ SSHWindows website To run your own SSH server on your Windows XP Pro computer http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/