connecting to a secured Windows 2003 terminal server

[Steve Bertrand]

Paul Schmehl wrote:

> To the OP - here's what I get when testing from a FreeBSD box to one of 
> our servers:
> 
> pauls at utd65257# telnet hostname.utdallas.edu 3389

> Connection closed by foreign host.

Does your server have SSL enabled? The OP stated that prior to upgrade, 
the box did NOT have SSL enabled.

> The access denied message you 
> cited appears to be a firewall or acl issue that prevents the server 
> from accepting connections from your FreeBSD box.

Perhaps from a Service Pack whereas Microsoft could have enabled it's 
inbound 'firewall', thinking it was appropriate.

# nmap -sS -P0 -p 3389 ip_of_rdp_server

Steve