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Remote access home PC to test remote access to the work PC (europe.pub)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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I was having trouble with access to my work remote desktop from home. Each time I was told the issue was fixed, I went home and it didn't work again.

So, I used my work PC to use remote desktop on my home server, and use that to remote access the work remote desktop again. Managed to troubleshoot the problem and complete the steps I needed to do on site to get this working.

I'm new to self hosting and am really enjoying having access to my home services. I chuckled at remote desktop inception, but it's been really helpful in solving my problem.

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[–] [S] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Thanks. Still learning about security.

Although this stance makes me think I should never use remote desktop at all. There's no place where I could use a computer outside my house where I'm certain that they're following good security practices.

I've had trouble incorporating the TOTP plugin for Guacamole, so I do keep the Docker container stopped until I specifically need it. I do need to get back to trying to troubleshoot TOTP on Guacamole.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Although this stance makes me think I should never use remote desktop at all

    Yeah, generally speaking, remote access logically puts the remote system (or whatever resources are being remotely accessed) in the same "security domain" as the endpoint being used to do the remote access. So, system administrators and other security-conscious people indeed tend not to SSH or remote desktop in to important systems from other people's computers :)

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