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  • Friday, December 01, 2006 6:43 PMMoesha Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     

    I've searched all around the net and was unable to find what kind encryption is used in RDP 6 to establish sessions and during the session.

     

    If anyone could shed some light, it would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Friday, December 01, 2006 10:26 PMAlex Balcanqual MSFTModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    By default we use an RC4 based SSL-Like encryption with rolling keys.

    You can also enable the use of TLS (SSL) within the port 3389 RDP payload which will perform true SSL encryption.

    If you are using TS Gateway we use SSL between the client and the gateway and that drop back to one of the mechanisms above when we strip the RDP oout of the HTTPS.

     

    Alex

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  • Friday, December 01, 2006 10:26 PMAlex Balcanqual MSFTModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    By default we use an RC4 based SSL-Like encryption with rolling keys.

    You can also enable the use of TLS (SSL) within the port 3389 RDP payload which will perform true SSL encryption.

    If you are using TS Gateway we use SSL between the client and the gateway and that drop back to one of the mechanisms above when we strip the RDP oout of the HTTPS.

     

    Alex