Windows Remote Desktop and forensic evidence

[anbanphd]

Thank you for replying to this thread immediatly.

what i meant by office computer was - the one provided by my company to be used for all offical reasons. there is senstivie information on my office machine. I do connect this office machine to my corporate network every day at office.

I completly understand that my company might have some policy like against using coportate property for personal use, i will verify that.

out of curosity, supposing if i block all the ports in the OS firewall except for RDP, still do you think it could cause harm?

[nihil]

Would I be correct in thinking that all you are wanting to do is take the laptop home, connect it to your home PC and use its display screen?

How exactly are you physically connecting the two machines......... is it over the internet?

I don't really see you doing any "harm" as such, unless you allow one of the machines to be compromised. Remember that if you can gain remote access, there is a potential for bad guys to do the same.

Yes, you could block ports and services that you do not use (that is generally a good idea anyway) and don't forget to set the traffic encryption to "high".

You might also find out what your company policy is regarding taking equipment with sensitive data on it off the premises. I would also suggest that such data should be encrypted, and that a copy of the key/password be kept in a safe place at work.

Having said that, my personal approach would be to go to my local store and pick up a second user monitor for around $20. A 15"~17" CRT device should be adequate until you can afford something better.