[vbox-dev] Restrict VBox RDP service to localhost only

Geoff Nordli geoffn at gnaa.net
Tue Dec 17 00:13:55 GMT 2013


On 13-12-15 06:13 PM, Aaron Lewis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It seems like the RDP service provided by VBox is open to all by default:
>
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:3389            0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      10799/VBoxHeadless
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:33189           0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      10737/VBoxHeadless
>
> Can I change the listening address to 127.0.0.1 instead?
>

I notice in the vboxmanage there is a switch for host ip address, which 
changes the rdp host ip.

                             [--vrdeaddress <hostip>]

Geoff





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