[clug] Remote Desktop through a MS Terminal Server Gateway

[Ian McLeod]

Thanks..  well my Python skills so far extend to various incarnations of 
'Hello World' so it would take longer than a few days for me, but this 
is my ultimate goal to  learn eventually.

Clearly it's something that's needed - kudos to Microsoft for 
documenting the protocol.

I'll see if I can get the MS client running under WINE too.

I tried the nx client and same problem.

Daniel Pittman wrote:
> Boyd <boydwilding at gmail.com> writes:
>   
>>> One of the last remaining reasons I require XP is to use Remote Desktop to
>>> access my work computer - which is accessed by specifying a computer name
>>> as well as host address and credentials - i.e. it goes through a 'Terminal
>>> Server Gateway'.  From what I can see - there are a number or Linux based
>>> Remote Desktop compatible clients - however I am unable to find anything
>>> that can handle a Terminal Server Gateway to specify a computer name on the
>>> remote network.
>>>       
>
> No.  That is some kooky RPC-over-SSL on the HTTPS port hack that Microsoft
> cooked up; it looks ugly, and is unrelated to the actual RDP stream that is
> used for display, so I think you are out of luck.
>
> [...]
>
>   
>> Debian-ish distros have a terminal server client in the repositories
>>     
>
> To save others the trouble: this isn't sufficient.  You need a specific
> "Terminal Services Gateway" protocol client to negotiate with the server
> before the normal RDP client — which is referred to here — can connect.
>
> On the plus side ... the TSG protocol is actually documented, and the details
> are freely available via MSDN without license[1], so if the OP wanted to
> implement a suitable client it /should/ be pretty easy.
>
> (Specifically, it should be possible to handle the negotiation in a separate
>  application, then execute rdesktop or some other client to handle the RDP
>  part, from my brief glance at it.)
>
> Given it is a fairly thin protocol I think it would only be a few days work to
> hack something together, possibly less if you can leverage the Samba work, or
> some other DCOM implementation on Linux.
>
> Regards,
>         Daniel
>
> Footnotes: 
> [1]  ...as far as I can tell.
>
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