Hardware VPN at main location, software VPN on the laptops to connect to main network, Terminal Services to access the database. Its not hard to set up and not all that costly.

Apr 28, 2011 · Jack Wallen offers a TechRepublic member advice about whether it's better to use a VPN or a terminal server to set up a remote access solution for a Windows Server 2003 environment. Nov 28, 2006 · Terminal Services Remote Programs Remote Programs are a feature of Windows Server Terminal Services that lets client computers connect to a remote computer and use programs that are installed on it. For example, a workplace may have a remote computer to which employees can connect and run Microsoft Word. Having a VPN to secure home -> office connections I can understand, but even then with the 128-bit encryption in RDP (especially if you enforce that on the RDP listener on the server) you'd want another business reason for spending that $$$ on VPN hardware/software other than purely to secure Terminal Server sessions. Hi. I'm trying to run terminal services into my LAN. I'm running Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows XP. I have a Linksys Cable/DS

VPN clients do this to prevent people linking together two networks, (using routing) and stealing all your data from your exposed systems, (or even just being compromised with malware)an attack of this manner will look to originate from system doing the linking, leaving pretty much no evidence – Mister IT Guru Oct 29 '10 at 13:38

Jul 03, 2017 · If you create a virtual private network (VPN), you won’t have to expose the Remote Desktop server directly to the Internet. Instead, when you’re away from home, you can connect to the VPN, and your computer will act like it’s part of the same local network as the computer at home, running the Remote Desktop server. If the issue sporadic.. then the ACL on the VPN server should be fine. If you have access to the backend RDP server, please check the value of the security layer under Windows registry settings. Open regedit using Run >> Navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp.

Sep 25, 2018 · The ASA uses a master browser, WINS server, or DNS server, typically on the same network as the ASA or reachable from that network, to query the network for a list of servers when the remote user clicks Browse Networks in the menu of the portal page or on the toolbar displayed during the Clientless SSL VPN session.