A server administrator needs to administer a server remotely using RDP, but the specified port is
closed on the outbound firewall on the network. The access the server using RDP on a port other
than the typical registered port for the RDP protocol?
A.
TLS
B.
MPLS
C.
SCP
D.
SSH
D, SSH. If you have no access to the server RDP, at least you can use SSH to get console access.
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Sorry, I didn’t read properly. Answer A.
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I chose D immediately. But seems like SCP could also make sense here, so I’ll go with A
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The answer is D. The question specifically states that the specified port is closed by the outbound firewall. Because of this, enabling TLS will NOT overcome the issue. Per the following article: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/secure-remote-desktop-connections-using-tls-ssl-based-authentication-47378.html the port number will NOT be changed as it’s not even mentioned in the steps.
If you read the following article, it describes PERFECTLY this scenario and rules out A as a possibility: https://www.saotn.org/tunnel-rdp-through-ssh/
Based on those two articles, D MUST be the correct answer!
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