WinXP Remote Desktop General Questions.

Hey everybody, I'm new here.

I've recently started using remote desktop connection to connect to my home computer. My question isn't so much regarding security as I am not worried about somebody hacking my computer or anything. I am more curious about whether or not remote actions can be tracked locally.

If I am on say a network away from my home computer (network A), and I connect to my home computer via Remote Desktop (network B, home), can the admistrators on the 'network A' see what I am actually DOING on 'network b'? Or can they ONLY see that I am connected to that ip address.

I ran a netstat while running RD and saw that I personally can only see one port established to my home IP address but nothing more.

Are there any tracking methods through that remote computer? Cookies? Firewall stuff? etc?

Thanks

-zbalz

 

the data is encrypted. So far as I know, they can only see that you are connected on port 3389 which is a tell-tale sign that your terminaling into a box. What you are doing on that box is something that they probably will have no clue to.

 

I think it depends on the server settings. I know that I have an option to turn on logging of different sorts for different users on my server. I usually have to have a reason to already be watching someone to bother....