RDP over SSL

Question

Is it possible to proxy RDP over SSL in bigip? I guess it's no issue but wanted to know from someone who has done it... 
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hoolio · Answer

Isn't MS RDP already encrypted (Click here)?  Do you want to wrap an RDP session in SSL and decrypt it on LTM? 
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&nbsp; Aaron

ryan_korock_46 · Answer

There's a couple ways to do this. Windows2003 SP1 did introduce the ability to encrypt RDP sessions in SSL, however I do believe this might have been removed with a later Windows update. 
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&nbsp; Windows2008 introduced TS gateway, which also encrypts the RDP in SSL. 
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&nbsp; I've tested with both, and both work if you are using the right versions of the client &amp; server, and they are configured correctly. If you let me know what version you are interested in doing this with, I'll dig up my notes on it and post them.

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