Accessing Windows

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

  • RDP uses a client/server architecture

  • Important to note that RDP listens by default on logical port 3389

In simpler terms, we could consider a network subnet a street in a town (the corporate network), an IP address in that subnet assigned to a host as a house on that street, and logical ports as windows/doors that can be used to access the house.

  • We can look for saved Remote Desktop Files (.rdp) while on an engagement.

It typically contains the remote computer's IP address or hostname, screen resolution preferences and username

Using xfreerdp

To connect to a Windows machine via RDP, we can use xfreerdp. The command to the RDP is listed below

xfreerdp /v:<targetIp> /u:<username> /p:<password>

Other RDP clients exist, such as Remminaarrow-up-right and rdesktoparrow-up-right

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