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Palagcl
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Hello how do I check to see if a laptop that I RDP to internally is visible to the out side world, and what precautions should i take to prevent this.

Thank You in Advance.

Kind Regards Claudio 

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Tudor
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It will only be visible to the outside world if you open the port that RDP uses.


Tudor
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Tudor
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It will only be visible to the outside world if you open the port that RDP uses.


Tudor
There are 10 types of people: those who understand binary and those who don't and F people out of 10 who do not understand hexadecimal c1a2a285948293859940d9a49385a2

Thank it is not open , but virginmedia, advised me that I was vunerable on that port and I thought I had something wrong maybe it was them.

 

Thanks again.

 

Regards Claudio

jpeg1
Alessandro Volta

ShieldsUP will test your connection for open ports. 

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My name is NOT Alessandro. That's just a tag Virginmedia sticks on some contributors. Please ignore it.