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How safe is RDP really?

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Been toying with idea of trying out RDP but I can't get past the fact that I will have to use my logins on a computer that I do not know. The potential is there for all my details to vanish along with my accounts etc.

I have never used RDP so I can't/won't comment on anybody who offers the service but it would be nice to know what the exact risks are of using it in terms of theft of accounts etc.

Thanks.

JGM.
 
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1. You can get scammed like me.
2. The admin of the RDP can use your personal data (accounts, view browser history and everything you do on that RDP) i bet most of them do this.
3. If you have filehost account with money on it, they can withdraw your money.
4. I don't trust any RDP no more, i am buying a VPS and doing my thing there with no one to bother me.

Cheers.
 
I have heard from a few people that buying a VPS is a better way to go since you have full control over the server. Thanks for your input and experience (bad as it was for you :()

JGM.
 
It's same like when you leave your car in repair shop.
Mechanic can drive your car, use your gasoline when you are not around.

Thats why people are driving to trusted repair shops, thats why people are looking for trusted RDP sellers...

You need to manage everything on Dedi/VPS, it also costs little more. Everything depends from needs...
 
You should also employ some basic security, such as jailing it to a single IP address. Any other IP addresses will then be refused. You could purchase a static VPN tunnel, for example.
 
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Example.
"You want to get xxx speed line, xxx hdd, raring unraring uploading with rapidleech etc. You dont want to care about setting everything up, also when something will fail for some reason you can go and yell at the admin, hes responsibility is to fix it. "

If you agree, then you should go with rdp imho. RDP not always cost more, depends from needs
 
Understood rbn and thanks for that (y) if I did do it then my needs would roughly be;
  1. File & Image Uploader (registered, I have my own license but would obviously not really wanting to share that).
  2. Internet Download Manager.
  3. Rar/unrar (though if possible I would prefer 7Zip).
  4. Something to make screen shots with.
  5. No torrents needed.
  6. 100GB HDD ish I think since once finished downloading/uploading I will remove the files from the server.
  7. Good speed obviously rather pointless otherwise.
  8. Trusted and experienced seller.

I think that covers everything more or less, as you can see fairly basic needs overall I think. Anyway you have given me plenty to think about guys thanks (y)

EDIT - Anyway will be back later to read further replies (if any), thanks again peeps :)

JGM.
 
You can set a unix system up for remote desktop, there are plenty of tutorials..
I recently bought an RDA, just for the sake of testing and experience, can't say i feel pretty secure on it.. It's log-in, do something, log-out, shut down.
 
I think I have enough experience to share you my opinion on this. I've used/sold RDP's before and also Windows VPS'es and also Linux VPS'es in several different virtualizations.

In short: RDP isn't safe. It's better to go "no" before "sorry". The administrator of the RDP can login to your account anytime with his will! Anytime. He doesn't need to know your password. VPS or Dedicated server is secured in that side of the issue. Once you changed your administrator account password, the provider now only see a LOGON screen and nothing else even though you're working inside. They need to know your password to login. If you don't tell, they can't change the password anyhow BUT though, they can reinstall your VPS/Dedi's OS that'll totally finish everything off. Lolz.

So, if you do care about security and have budget around $40-$50. I'm 100% recommending you to try VPS.
 
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