TSX Gateway: A highly secure RDP-VPN solution!

TSX Gateway.

Introduction

TSX Gateway is a highly secure RDP-VPN solution which encapsulates the standard Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) over HTTPS to establish a secure and encrypted connection between remote users in the internet and remote desktop hosts in your local network.

Network resources can be any RDP enabled hosts, such as:

Multi-session hosts:

Thinstuff XP/VS Server

Microsoft Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH/Terminal Server)

Single Session Hosts:

Thinstuff Remote Desktop Virtualisation Host (RDVH)

Thinstuff Remote Desktop Host (RDH)

Microsoft Remote Desktop Virtualization Host (RDVH)

Features

Same features as Microsoft TS Gateway

100% in house development based on open standards

Not restricted to Microsoft server operating systems - works on any Windows Server- or Workstation-operating system

Works with any RDP (protocol version 6 and above) enabled client device

2-step authentication (1st step against TSX Gateway, 2nd step against RDP Host)

Single sign-on to combine both authentication steps

Full Microsoft Active Directory integration (optional)

Secured RDP connections over HTTPS (port 443)

Extensive security features to restrict external access

TSX Gateway Manager for configuration and live access monitoring

Comprehensive logging possibilites (for debugging purposes only)

Unlimited concurrent users

Security

Following policies allow fine grained access management for external connections to TSX Gateway:

CAPs: Connection Authorization Policies

Define the user- and computer-groups who are allowed to establish connections to TSX Gateway

Disable/Restrict device redirection for specific client devices

RAPs: Resource Authorization Policies

Define which user-groups can establish connections to specific RDP enabled hosts in your private network

Restrict access to specific ports (e.g 3389)

Connections to RDP hosts and TSX Gateway

Authentication on RDP hosts and TSX Gateway

Requirements

RDP protocol version 6 and above

Supported operating systems

Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10

Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 (R2), 2016

Certificate

Trustable SSL-certificate on the client and server

The certificate name (CN) has to be identical with the DNS name which the RDP client uses to establish a connection to the TSX Gateway Server