Improve PC Security by Changing the RDP Port

Improve PC Security by Changing the RDP Port

Windows Tricks RaviTeja   1:46:00 AM

To protect against bots and script kiddies, the RDP Port must be changed.When Remote Desktop is enabled, additional precautions must be taken to minimize the possibility of malware infection and hacking. If the tech at a software company can remotely operate your computer, then so can anybody else with the knowledge and ability.

The remote desktop protocol drives Remote Desktop Services through Port 3389 by default. Any Remote Desktop connections are made through Port 3389.So, by changing the RDP port, security is enhanced because bots and kiddies are designed to target RDP Port 3389.For this to be truly effective, implement a strong account lockout policy. This defends against the use of RDP protocol to obtain the administrator password. If the password is attainable due to the absence of an account lockout policy, then the RDP Port can be found regardless of what it has been changed to. Changing the default RDP port is achieved through a simple registry hack.

The Registry Hack

Run regedit from the start menu to open the Registry Editor. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SYSTEM, CurrentControlSet, Control, Terminal Server, WinStations and RDP_Tcp. Find the PortNumber dword and right-click.

Select Modify. Alter the base to Decimal and enter the new port number with a value between 1025 and 65535, as long as the port is not in use. Click OK.

The Software Hack

The Microsoft Fix It Wizard can be used to change the RDP Port. It is available through the Microsoft website. Here is the download link: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9759545. Click this link and download the free utility. Click Next to initiate the Wizard. A PortNumber screen will be presented. Enter the value of an unused port that you want to use as the new RDP Port. Again, the value must be between 1025 and 65535. Click Next and you are done.

Reboot the system to put the changes into effect.
The next time you connect to your system with RDP you are going to have to provide the new port number. Be sure that you write it down in a safe place so you do not forget. From the Remote Desktop client, append a colon after the ip address or after the host name and enter the port number after the colon. This will set everything up to operate normally.

Enjoy!


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Create Torrent of any File already Hosted on Web and Download it faster

Create Torrent of any File already Hosted on Web and Download it faster

Uploading and downloading RaviTeja   10:14:00 AM

Downloading a file from Internet using Bittorrent and direct FTP / HTTP are two different things. Torrents use Peer to Peer Technology where the load isn’t on single server instead file is served by multiple computers. Here’s How you can create Torrent of any file hosted on web and download via Bittorrent client.
BurnBit is a online service which can burn any file on web into torrent which contains meta data information about the content file. This .torrent file in turn can be downloaded via Bittorrent client on your system.

Why should I convert a File into Torrent when it is served directly?

While you are downloading file directly, it is possible that many others are downloading from same location. This increases load on server where it is hosted which results in slow download speed. So, Creating Torrent is viable option sometimes. And, if there are many other like you downloading via Torrent from BurnBit you get more peers, more speed from Server and Peers who successfully downloaded.
BurnBit says, If a file exists, there is torrent of it. If not, it will be burned.
So, this is a two way connection offering the maximum possible speed to download certain file. Incase, you are the first one, you can still get the download speed as usual and then you can keep seeding to offer it to the world.
For Webmasters who are sharing a file on their website, it is definitely worth giving .torrent download option to users and don’t even care to keep seeding all time for availability.

How to create Torrent for any file hosted on Web

You just need URL or link of the file and paste it on BurnBit homepage and hit BURN button. File will be processed in minutes and you are offered to download .torrent of that file.
Web masters can get script to embed on website and offer your readers to download the file via Bittorrent. Also, you can add additional HTTP mirrors for better connectivity and availability.
In short, BitBurn is useful to Webmasters in every way. However, for downloaders, it is more beneficial when it already exists on BitBurn database to get faster download speeds.