Is remote desktop in XP a security risk?

[Canadian Lover]

All this program dose is add insecurity to the user interface. All you have to do now to hack is to hope remote desktop is enabled, get the fucker's IP, and enter it into the box. Fucking retards at Microsoft, eh?

[jtpenrod]

Here's a description of "Remote Desktop":
   

quote:* Windows XP Professional installed on your office computer, or whichever computer you plan to operate remotely. This computer is known as the host.

    *   A remote computer running Windows 95 or a more recent version of Windows. This computer is known as the client and it must have the Remote Desktop Connection client software installed.

    *   A connection to the Internet. A broadband Internet connection improves performance, but it is not necessary because Remote Desktop transfers only the minimal data (such as display data and keyboard data) to remotely control your host computer. Therefore, even low