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Glossary: Threat Vectors: Files, Networks and Endpoints

RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)

Also written: RDP, Remote Desktop Protocol, remote desktop, ms-wbt-server

Microsoft's remote desktop protocol, listening on TCP port 3389 (named ms-wbt-server in Nmap). It shows another computer's screen and should never face the internet directly.

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Network Level Authentication (NLA)BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708)VNC (Virtual Network Computing)remote access