{"id":10363,"date":"2018-11-12T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=10363"},"modified":"2018-11-09T15:21:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T22:21:09","slug":"secure-your-computer-by-modifying-the-default-rdp-port-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/secure-your-computer-by-modifying-the-default-rdp-port-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Secure Your Computer by Modifying the Default RDP Port Number"},"content":{"rendered":"

By default, Remote Desktop (formerly known as Terminal Services) uses TCP port 3389. If you use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to connect to your Windows computer, you might want to consider modifying the default port for security reasons. Because there are 65,535 ports on a computer, by changing the default port number for remote desktop access to your computer, you are making it difficult for a cyberattacker to guess your custom port number. The attacker usually needs three pieces of information to hack into your computer:<\/p>\n

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  1. IP address or domain name.<\/li>\n
  2. Username.<\/li>\n
  3. Password.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Because most people use the default port number (TCP 3389), the attacker does not need to specify the port number. By modifying the default port number, the attacker would need four pieces of information. For this fourth piece of information the attacker has to guess from one of the 65,535 possible ports. Because some of these port numbers are reserved for various services, technically the number will be less than 65,535, but you get the idea.<\/p>\n

    The information in this article applies to all versions of the following Windows clients and servers.<\/p>\n

    Windows Clients<\/strong><\/p>\n