Description
This indicates an attempt to use the RDP protocol.Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a proprietary protocol, by Microsoft, that is used to connect to another computer over a network connection. The RDP client provides a graphical interface upon a successful connection. The RDP servers needed for a connection from the client is built into the Windows OS. On the other hand, RDP server for Unix and OS X exist and need to be installed.
Affected Products
RDP
Impact
Network bandwidth consumption
Technology
Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device
Behavior
- Reasonable
Default Ports
- TCP/3389
- UDP/3389