November 2000
Intermediate to advanced
216 pages
6h 3m
English
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Windows 2000 Terminal Services
If you run a site with Windows 2000 systems, you might want to use the built-in Terminal Services (TS) in Windows 2000 (Server versions only) for remote administration.
Terminal Services is based on Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). RDP is a Microsoft proprietary protocol. Terminal Services does not provide built-in support for file transfer (see Section 4.2.2 later in this chapter). RDP uses only one port (tcp/3389), which is good. Also, TS remote administration supports two concurrent remote users.
Warning
pcAnywhere cannot run on a Windows 2000 Server that has Terminal Services configured.
If you want to use Terminal Services for remote administration, you can always combine it with IPSec (transport mode) to add an additional layer of security.
Configuring Terminal Services for Remote Administration
Follow these steps to set up Terminal Services on a bastion host:
Install the Terminal Services component by clicking Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, and then clicking Add/Remove Windows Components. There’s no need to install the Terminal Services Licensing service when using the remote administration mode. The Windows Components dialog box is shown in Figure 4.8.
Figure 4-8. The Windows Components dialog box
Configure Terminal Services to use the remote administration mode.
Terminal Services can run in either remote administration mode ...
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