My work’s network is pretty locked down, which is why I’m trying to think of other solutions that would work.
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harrim4n@feddit.de 9 months ago
In the end it depends on your risk profile and adversary model. Usually it’s not a good idea though. Why not have an SSH tunnel to the network/machine and use port forwarding to forward the RDP connection? Or why not use SSH for remote access, period?
chandz05@lemmy.world 9 months ago
chandz05@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Hey man, so I’ve been thinking about this and doing a lot of reading since I read your comment… Question: what makes an SSH tunnel any more secure than an SSL connection through a browser? I only have port 443 opened on my home network for reverse proxy and wouldn’t want to open anything more to the internet. Am I missing something fundamental in terms of security? I would definitely like to understand this more.
dragnet@kbin.social 9 months ago
The nice thing about an SSH tunnel is that it only exists when you create it, on the fly, per use, with your SSH credentials. And it is only accessible if you possess an authorized private key. An SSL connection through a browser doesn't fill the same role. SSL provides privacy and security in the communication between server and client. If you are accessing through a web browser you are probably talking to a web server, but SSH allows you to tunnel any protocol (web, rdp, whatever) forwarding traffic, encrypted, across a chosen port.
chandz05@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ah perfect! Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much for that explanation. Definitely trying to understand more about security and your explanation just made something click in my brain :)