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[SecureWH]

Hey,

I was wondering, how many people here whould be intrested in haveing a remote desktop on a windows server is the USA/UK.

I was thinking of giveing around 5gb space to each client and access to a windows server 2003 desktop.

I just want to know who whould want/use a service like this?

Thanks alot WHT!

-SecureWH

[Coolraul]

What limitations would be put on applications that could be run? Just already installed apps or could one install new apps?

Either way I think people would be interested. I used to have a fair amount of requests from people who only wanted to be on a US based server for speed and to avoid restrictions from work/home country etc..

[kufinet]

I know I would use it for a reasonable price. To be able to effortlessly run certain applications, if allowed.

[HackNo-Alex]

I think it would be more trouble watching what customers run than it is worth.

[Defcon|Rich]

Originally Posted by Nsane-Alex

I think it would be more trouble watching what customers run than it is worth.

Agreed, It sounds like a problem waiting to happen unless you bolted everything down in which case the client wouldn't have much access to do anything..

A nice double edged sword.

[Vinnybcfc]

Originally Posted by Defcon|Rich

Agreed, It sounds like a problem waiting to happen unless you bolted everything down in which case the client wouldn't have much access to do anything..

A nice double edged sword.

You could base it around a VPS system - in fact this idea is just a Windows VPS with pre-installed applications like Open Office etc

[sandykadam]

Hi SecureWH,

You want to give service for remote desktop connections to users as you said. But their are already sites which are providing this kind of service.

Check site given below is already providing free service may be they will start memberships.

www[dot]nivio[dot]com

[at0m]

Good idea, but I would be worried about security, even at nivio.com.

[jm2000]

The idea is fantastic but its a security nightmare. I would say that you would need to create RDP profiles if possible but I would fear abuse on the server more than anything..good idea in a perfect world

[mrjit]

I'm trying to figure out who something like this is marketable to.

It could be an amazing idea for my thin-client customers, but of course the bandwidth would be a major concern. And obviously securty, network and physical.

[Adam H]

Dunno if i missed something but how would you control how much ram/cpu each user used.

[Dave - Just199]

Yeah it's a nice idea until some jerk runs a java p2p client and downloads GB's with of warez and the server gets seized.

[magic-rat]

I'de be interested if price was right.

[oopsinfotech]

it could be good service, if you administer it well and apply good restrictions.

[iand]

not sure how you would license such a thing nearly all windows servers i have had have come with a max 2 rdc sessions at once