WinXP Remote Desktop Privacy Questions

[zbalz]

Hey everybody, I'm new here.

I've recently started using remote desktop connection to connect to my home computer. My question isn't so much regarding security as I am not worried about somebody hacking my computer or anything. I am more curious about whether or not remote actions can be tracked locally.

If I am on say a network away from my home computer (network A), and I connect to my home computer via Remote Desktop (network B, home), can the admistrators on the 'network A' see what I am actually DOING on 'network b'? Or can they ONLY see that I am connected to that ip address.

I ran a netstat while running RD and saw that I personally can only see one port established to my home IP address but nothing more.

Are there any tracking methods through that remote computer? Cookies? Firewall stuff? etc?

Thanks

-zbalz

 

[smah]

The data is encrypted, so you should be alright. Read the section 'Remote Desktop Web Connection Security' at

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/webconoverview.mspx