From: d43m0n@shaw.ca   
      
   nospam wrote:   
   > Hi   
   >   
   >   
   > How secure is a remoter terminal server that is open to the world and   
   > on default port 3389.   
   > The admiistrator has strong complex password and no other users account   
   >   
   > available.   
   >   
   >   
   > For me, I think is secure though not best practice. Dont think anyone   
   > can crack a strong password say 9 char. within a reasonable time   
   >   
   >   
   > Any comments on this or opinion?   
   >   
   What type of service are we talking about?   
      
   Sure, technically, you could create an application that uses a DDoS   
   attack to attempt every possible veryitation, say 3 servers was to send   
   out the first 5 chars length attempts, th next set would take on 6...and   
   so on and so forth. And what type of security does this admin have on   
   his server. With too much work done, it make drop the server either   
   forcing it to shutdown, or it may become bogged down.   
      
   Again, there are many ways to go about hacking such an attempt, but what   
   are you really accomplishing?   
      
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