Forum Discussion

Filip_Verlaeckt's avatar
Filip_Verlaeckt
Historic F5 Account
Jan 08, 2009

RDP over SSL

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...

 

 

  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
    Icon for Cirrostratus rankCirrostratus
    Isn't MS RDP already encrypted (Click here)? Do you want to wrap an RDP session in SSL and decrypt it on LTM?

     

     

    Aaron
  • Ryan_Korock_46's avatar
    Ryan_Korock_46
    Historic F5 Account
    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.

     

     

    Windows2008 introduced TS gateway, which also encrypts the RDP in SSL.

     

     

    I've tested with both, and both work if you are using the right versions of the client & 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.