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by

LI
KHI
THAJ(
211
052001
0)

MOUNI
KAK(
211
0520037)

DEPARTMENTOFCOMPUTER
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KHI
THAJ(
211
052001
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MOUNI
KAK(
211
0520037)

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Wewoul
dli
ket
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hef
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efort
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tandgui
dance
wi
thoutwhom t
hecompl
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hispr
ojecti
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uit
ionwoul
dnotbepos
sibl
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DR.
D.S.
RAO,ourpr
ojectgui
de,f
orhel
pingusandgui
dingusi
nthecour
seof
t
hispr
oject
.

D.
S.RAO,t
heHeadoft
heDepar
tment
,Depar
tmentofCOMPUTERSCI
ENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY.

Ouri
nter
nalr
evi
ewer
s,DR.
D.S.
RAO,DR.
SANTOSHBODDUPALLI
,
DR.
SHI
VAKANTHf
ort
hei
rins
ightandadvi
cepr
ovi
deddur
ingt
her
evi
ew
s
ess
ions
.

Wewouldals
oli
ketot
hankouri
ndi
vidualpar
ent
sandf
ri
endsf
ort
hei
r
cons
tants
uppor
t.

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 ABSTRACT

Thepr
ojectwi
llexpl
ores
peci
fi
ccl
ouds
ervi
cesandt
echnol
ogi
est
oachi
eve

t
hes
eobj
ect
ives
.Thi
smayi
ncl
udeut
il
izi
ngvi
rtualpr
ivat
enet
wor
ks(
VPNs
),

cl
oudgat
eways
,andi
dent
ityandacces
smanagement(
IAM)s
olut
ions
.Itwi
ll

al
soaddr
esspot
ent
ialchal
lengesas
soci
atedwi
thr
emot
eacces
sint
hecl
oud,

s
uchasnet
wor
ksecur
ityt
hreat
sanddat
ares
idencyr
egul
ati
ons
.

Byt
hepr
oject
'send,weexpectt
oachi
eveas
ecur
eands
cal
abl
ear
chi
tect
ure

f
orr
emot
eacces
swi
thi
nacl
oudenvi
ronment
.Wewi
llal
sohaveadet
ail
ed

anal
ysi
sofs
ecur
itycons
ider
ati
onsandbes
tpr
act
icesf
orcl
oud-
bas
edr
emot
e

acces
s, al
ong wi
th an eval
uat
ion of t
he i
mpl
ement
ed ar
chi
tect
ure'
s

per
for
manceandef
fect
ivenes
s.

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 TABLEOFCONTENTS

Ti
tl
e PageNo.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i
i

ABSTRACT i
i
i

TABLEOFCONTENTS i
v

LI
STOFTABLES vi
i

LI
STOFFI
GURES vi
i
i

1 I
ntr
oduct
ion 1
1
.1 Backgr
oundoft
hePr
oject 1
1
.1.
1 Technol
ogys
elect
ion 1
1
.2 Pr
obl
em St
atement 2
1
.3 Obj
ect
ives 2
1
.4 Scopeoft
hePr
oject 3

2 Li
ter
atur
eRevi
ew 4
2.
1 AnExampl
eOnHow ToAddPi
ctur
es 4
2.
2 Fi
xedI
mage 5
2.
3 Exampl
eonTabl
eUs
age 6
2.
4 Over
view ofr
elat
edwor
ks 7
2.
5 Advant
agesandLi
mit
ati
onsofexi
sti
ngs
yst
ems 8
2.
6 Potent
ial
usecas
es…………………………………………………………………9

i
v
 2.
7 Li
ter
aturesear
ch
st
rat
egies………………………………………………….
.1
1
2.
8 Webbas
edcl
ient
RDP………………………………………………………1
1
2.
9 Eventvi
ewer
l
ogs……………………………………………………………1
2
2.
10Custom RDPt
ool
sand
scr
ipti
ng…………………………………………….
13

3 Pr
opos
edSys
tem 1
4

3.
1 Sys
tem Requi
rement
s................
......
..... 1
4

3.
1.
1 Des
ignandAr
chi
tect
ure....................... 1
4
3.
2 Des
ignoft
heSys
tem ........................... 1
4
3.
2.1Cl
oudenvi
ronment.......................... 1
5
3.
3 Al
gor
ithmsandTechni
quesus
ed..................... 1
6
3.
3.1 Anamol
ydet
ect
ion.......................... 1
6

4 I
mpl
ement
ati
on 1
7
4.
1 Tool
sandTechnol
ogi
esus
ed 1
7
4.
1.
1 Remot
eacces
ssys
tem 1
7
4.
2 Modul
esandt
hei
rdes
cri
pti
ons 1
7
4.
2.1 Mul
tiFact
orAut
hent
icat
ion 1
8
4.
3 Fl
ow oft
heSys
tem 1
9
4.
3.1 Dat
aPr
oces
sing 1
9

5 Met
hodol
ogy
5.
1 Fl
ow
char
t…………………………………………………………………………20

6 Res
ult
sandAnal
ysi
s 30
6.
1 Per
for
manceEval
uat
ion 23
6.
1.
1 Comput
inghar
dwar
e 23

v
 6.
2 Compar
isonwi
thexi
sti
ngs
yst
ems 24
6.
2.1 VNC 24
6.
3 Li
mit
ati
onsandf
utur
escope 25
6.
3.1 Mul
timoni
tors
uppor
t 25

7 Concl
usi
onandRecommendat
ions 26
7.
1 Summar
yoft
hePr
oject 26
7.
2 Cont
ribut
ionsandachi
evement
s 26
7.
3 Recommendat
ionsf
orf
utur
ewor
k 27

Ref
erences 28

Appendi
ces 32

A Scr
eens
hot
s 1
7

B Dat
aset
sus
edi
nthepr
oject 1
8

vi
Li
stofTabl
es

2.
1 Rol
ebas
edacces
scont
rol 7
2.
2 Remot
eacces
sint
hecl
oud 9

vi
i
Li
stofFi
gur
es

2.
1 Cl
oudAr
chi
tect 4
2.
2 KLHLogo 5
2.
3 Remot
eacces
spr
otocol 5

B.
1 Scr
eens
hot
s 1
7

vi
i
i
 Chapt
er1

I
ntr
oduct
io

1
.1 Backgr
oundoft
hePr
oject

Theever
-incr
eas
ingr
eli
anceoncl
oud-
bas
edr
esour
ceshascr
eat
eda

cr
iti
calneedf
ors
ecur
eremot
eacces
smechani
sms
.Or
gani
zat
ionsar
e

movi
ng es
sent
ialappl
icat
ions and dat
atot
he cl
oud,maki
ng i
t

i
mper
ati
vef
oraut
hor
ized us
erst
o acces
sthes
eres
our
cesf
rom any

l
ocat
ion.Thi
spr
ojectaddr
ess
est
hisgr
owi
ng need by f
ocus
ing on

des
igni
ng a s
ecur
eremot
eacces
sar
chi
tect
ures
peci
fi
cal
lyf
orcl
oud

envi
ronment
s.

1
.1.
1 Technol
ogys
elect
ion

Thef
oll
owi
ngs
ect
ion,Technol
ogySel
ect
ion,wi
llf
ocusoni
dent
ifyi
ng

t
hemos
tsui
tabl
ecl
ouds
ervi
cesandt
echnol
ogi
est
obr
ingt
her
emot
e

acces
sar
chi
tect
uret
oli
fe.We'
l
lexpl
orevar
iouscl
oudacces
smet
hods

l
ikevi
rtualpr
ivat
enet
wor
ks(
VPNs
),cl
oudgat
eways
,andt
hezer
o-t
rus
t

net
wor
kacces
s(ZTNA)appr
oach.Addi
ti
onal
ly,we'
l
lexami
neI
dent
ity

and Acces
s Management (
IAM) s
olut
ions t
o s
treaml
ine us
er

1
pr
ovi
sioni
ng,management
,and pot
ent
ial
lyi
mpl
ements
ingl
esi
gn-
on

(
SSO)f
oramor
econveni
entl
ogi
nexper
ience.

Depl
oymentandTes
ting

The Depl
oyment and Tes
ting s
ect
ion wi
llout
li
ne t
he pr
oces
s of

depl
oyi
ngt
hedes
ignedar
chi
tect
urewi
thi
nthecl
oudenvi
ronment
.To

ens
uret
he ar
chi
tect
uref
unct
ionss
ecur
elyand ef
fi
cient
ly,we'
l
lal
so

cover s
ecur
ity and per
for
mance t
est
ing pr
ocedur
es,s
uch as

vul
ner
abi
li
tys
canni
ngandper
for
mancebenchmar
king.

1
.2 Pr
obl
em St
atement

Thegr
owi
ngr
eli
anceoncl
oud-
bas
edr
esour
cesneces
sit
atesas
ecur
e

andef
fi
cientmechani
smf
oraut
hor
izedus
erst
oacces
sthem r
emot
ely.

Tr
adi
ti
onalacces
smet
hodsmaynotbes
uit
abl
efort
hedynami
cand

s
cal
abl
enat
ureofcl
oudenvi
ronment
s.Secur
ityr
isksas
soci
atedwi
th

r
emot
e acces
s,al
ong wi
tht
he need f
oropt
imalper
for
mance and

compl
iancecons
ider
ati
ons
,pos
esi
gni
fi
cantchal
lenges
.

1
.3 Obj
ect
ives

Thepr
ojectai
mst
oachi
eves
ever
alkeyobj
ect
ives
.Thepr
imar
ygoali
s

t
o des
ign and i
mpl
ement a s
ecur
e r
emot
e acces
s ar
chi
tect
ure

s
peci
fi
cal
lybui
ltf
orcl
oudenvi
ronment
s.Thi
sar
chi
tect
urewi
llpr
ior
iti
ze

2
r
obus
tsecur
ity meas
ures t
osaf
eguar
dsens
iti
ve i
nfor
mat
ion and

pr
eventunaut
hor
ized acces
s.I
tshoul
d be abl
eto accommodat
ea

gr
owi
ng numberofus
ers and r
esour
ces wi
thi
nthe cl
oud wi
thout

compr
omi
sing on per
for
mance or s
ecur
ity. Fi
nal
ly, t
he pr
oject

emphas
izesopt
imi
zing t
her
emot
eacces
sexper
iencef
orus
ers
.Thi
s

i
nvol
vesmi
nimi
zingl
atencyandens
uri
ngas
moot
hexper
iencewhen

acces
singcl
oud-
bas
edappl
icat
ionsanddat
a.

1
.4 Scopeoft
hePr
oject

Byf
ocus
ingont
hes
ecor
eobj
ect
ivesands
cope,t
hepr
ojectai
mst
o

del
iver a r
obus
t r
emot
e acces
s ar
chi
tect
ure t
hat empower
s

or
gani
zat
ionst
osecur
elyl
ever
age t
he f
ullpot
ent
ialofcl
oud-
bas
ed

r
esour
cesf
ort
hei
rremot
ewor
kfor
ce.

3
 Chapt
er2

Li
ter
atur
eRevi
ew

2.
1 AnExampl
eOnHow ToAddPi
ctur
es

To i
ll
ust
rat
ethe s
ecur
ityt
hreat
s as
soci
ated wi
thr
emot
e acces
s,

cons
ideras
cenar
iowher
eahackeri
nter
cept
sdat
atr
ans
mis
sion.Thi
s

emphas
izest
hei
mpor
tanceofr
obus
tsecur
itymeas
uresl
ikeencr
ypt
ion

t
osaf
eguar
dsens
iti
vei
nfor
mat
ion.

Exampl
eofus
ingal
abelt
oref
ert
oaFi
gur
e2.
1

Fi
gur
e2.
1:Cl
oudar
chi
tect

4
2.
2 Fi
xedI
mage

I
nrar
ecas
es,compat
ibi
li
tyi
ssuesbet
weent
hei
magef
ormatandyour

Wor
dver
sioncanal
socaus
edi
spl
aypr
obl
ems
.Ifyou'
reus
inganol
der

ver
sionofWor
d,i
tmi
ghtnotbeabl
etor
endercer
tai
nneweri
mage

f
ormat
scor
rect
ly.

Iwantmyi
magef
ixedher
e

Fi
gur
e2.
2:KLHLogo

Fi
gur
e2.
3:Remot
eacces
spr
otocol

5
2.
3 Exampl
eonTabl
eUs
age

Secur
ityi
spar
amountwhenconf
igur
ingRDPacces
s.Tr
adi
ti
onalmet
hods

r
elys
olel
yonus
ernamesandpas
swor
ds,whi
chcanbevul
ner
abl
e.To

mi
ti
gat
ethi
sri
sk,amul
ti
-l
ayer
edappr
oachi
srecommended.Ass
howni
n

t
het
abl
ebel
ow,i
mpl
ement
ingMul
ti
-Fact
orAut
hent
icat
ion(
MFA)adds

anext
ral
ayerofs
ecur
itybyr
equi
ri
nganaddi
ti
onalver
ifi
cat
ionf
act
or,

s
uchasacodef
rom aphoneapp,t
ologi
n.

Conf
igur
ati
onTabl
es:RDPus
est
abl
est
ost
oreconf
igur
ati
ons
ett
ingsf
or

t
heconnect
ion.Thes
etabl
esdef
inepar
amet
ersl
ikedi
spl
ayr
esol
uti
on,

col
ordept
h,s
ecur
itys
ett
ings
,andmor
e.Thi
sal
lowsf
orcus
tomi
zingt
he

r
emot
edes
ktopexper
ience.

Let
'ss
ayyou'
reus
ings
preads
heets
oft
war
eoradat
abas
eappl
icat
ion

whi
le connect
ed t
hrough RDP.Thes
e appl
icat
ions i
nher
ent
lyr
ely on

t
abl
est
ost
oreandpr
esentdat
a.Fori
nst
ance,i
nas
preads
heet
,dat
ais

or
gani
zedi
ntor
owsandcol
umns
,es
sent
ial
lyf
ormi
ngat
abl
e.Si
mil
arl
y,

dat
abas
ess
tor
einf
ormat
ioni
nst
ruct
uredt
abl
eswi
thdef
inedf
iel
ds.

I
nthi
sscenar
io,RDPact
sasabr
idge,t
rans
mit
tingt
hei
nfor
mat
ionf
rom

t
he r
emot
e appl
icat
ion f
ordi
spl
ayon yourl
ocalmachi
ne.The t
abl
es

t
hems
elvesr
esi
dewi
thi
ntheappl
icat
ionyou'
reus
ingr
emot
ely.

6
 Tabl
e2.
1:Rol
ebas
edacces
scont
rol

Secur
ityMeas
ure Des
cri
pti
on Benef
it
Mul
ti-
Fact
or Requir
esaddi t
ional Si
gnif
icantl
yreducesr
isk
Aut
henti
cati
on(
MFA) veri
fi
cati
onfact orl
ikea ofunauthori
zedacces
s.
codefrom aphoneapp
besi
desus er
nameand
password.

2.
4 Over
view ofRemot
eDes
ktopPr
otocol

The gr
owi
ng r
eli
ance on cl
oud-
bas
ed r
esour
cesneces
sit
atesr
obus
t

and s
ecur
eremot
e acces
ssol
uti
ons
.Thi
ssect
ion expl
oresexi
sti
ng

r
esear
ch on des
igni
ng and i
mpl
ement
ing s
ecur
e r
emot
e acces
s

ar
chi
tect
uress
peci
fi
cal
lyf
orcl
oudenvi
ronment
s.

Remot
eDes
ktopPr
otocol(
RDP)i
saMi
cros
oft
-devel
opedpr
otocolt
hat

enabl
es us
erst
o connectt
oar
emot
e comput
erovera net
wor
k

connect
ion.Thi
s al
lows you t
osee and i
nter
actwi
tht
he r
emot
e

comput
er'
sgr
aphi
caldes
ktopi
nter
faceasi
fyouwer
esi
tti
ngdi
rect
lyi
n

f
rontofi
t.

Thi
sfunct
ional
it
yof
fer
ssever
aladvant
ages
.Fi
rst
ly,r
emot
eacces
s:you

can connectt
o a di
stantcomput
erf
rom anywher
ewi
th an i
nter
net

connect
ion.Thi
sisal
if
esaverf
ors
yst
em admi
nis
trat
orswhoneedt
o

t
roubl
eshooti
ssuesonr
emot
emachi
nesorf
oranyonewhoneedst
o

7
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sspeci
fi
csof
twar
e orf
il
est
hatar
en'
tavai
labl
e on t
hei
rlocal

devi
ce.Secondl
y,i
mpr
ovedpr
oduct
ivi
ty:RDPal
lowsyout
oseaml
ess
ly

wor
konar
emot
ecomput
er,al
mos
tli
keyou'
reus
ingi
tlocal
ly.Thi
sis

par
ticul
arl
yus
efulwhenyou'
ret
ravel
ingorwor
kingf
rom home.Fi
nal
ly,

s
ecur
ity:RDPempl
oysr
obus
tencr
ypt
iont
osaf
eguar
dyourdat
adur
ing

t
rans
mis
sionbet
weenyourl
ocalmachi
neandt
her
emot
ecomput
er.

2.
5 Advant
agesandLi
mit
ati
onsofexi
sti
ng
sys
tems

Remot
eacces
sincl
oudenvi
ronment
shasbecomeagame-
changerf
or

bus
ines
ses
.Itempower
sa t
rul
yfl
exi
ble wor
k envi
ronment
,wher
e

empl
oyeescans
ecur
elyacces
sappl
icat
ionsanddat
afr
om anywher
e

wi
thani
nter
netconnect
ion.Thi
sfos
ter
sar
emot
ewor
kfor
ce,i
mpr
oves

bus
ines
s cont
inui
tyi
n unf
ores
een ci
rcums
tances
,and pr
ovi
des a

s
igni
fi
cantadvant
agei
ntoday'
sgl
obal
izedl
ands
cape.

Remot
e acces
srel
ies heavi
ly on a s
tabl
e and r
eli
abl
eint
ernet

connect
ion.Net
wor
k out
agesors
low connect
ionscan s
igni
fi
cant
ly

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mpactus
erexper
ience and pr
oduct
ivi
ty.Compl
iance addsanot
her

l
ayerofcompl
exi
ty.Whendeal
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ths
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iti
vedat
a,or
gani
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ions

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ares
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egul
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ent
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ordat
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tsand

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ningar
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ial
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nal
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adi
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ses
8
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ions
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gani
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ionsmay have l
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lyi
ng

i
nfr
ast
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ecur
ity meas
ures of
fer
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der
s.

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standi
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uat
ing cl
oud pr
ovi
der s
ecur
ity pr
act
ices

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uci
al.

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e2.
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eAcces
sint
heCl
oud:Advant
agesandLi
mit
ati
ons

Feat
ure Advant
age Li
mit
ati
on
Secur
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a
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ines
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ty dur
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9
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cal
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thwebpagesdi
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esWi
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or

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ent
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icat
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fyou'
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abl
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2.
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edRDPCl
ient
s(Li
mit
edUs
eCas
e):
1
1
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leRDPi
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orwebbr
ows
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ient
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nit
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eweb

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nter
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spl
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nfor
mat
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uchas
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labl
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ail
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kes
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ername

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sions
tat
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mat
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connect
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imar
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edes
ktopacces
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ayar
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n

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thi
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yst
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tor
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esar
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ialf
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spl
ayi
ng

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nfor
mat
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ess
ionsi
ntool
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keRDMS.

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ons
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aget
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or

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igur
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onmanagementandwor
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s
cri
pts
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aPr
esent
ati
on:Manyappl
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hroughRDP

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nher
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elyont
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amat
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ient
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mat
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amat
ion

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ewerLogs
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ewerl
ogsont
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ghtcont
ain

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abl
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thdet
ail
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ience.

1
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ewerLogs
:

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roubl
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pos
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:

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ror
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igur
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ervi
ces

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ipt
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Us
ers
):

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ew ways
:

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omat
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odef
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oraut
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Thi
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Thi
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1
4
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Thi
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1
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7
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er-
fri
endl
yremot
eacces
ssol
uti
on

f
orcl
oudenvi
ronment
s.

1
8
4.
3 Fl
ow oft
heSys
tem

Onekeyt
echni
quei
nvol
vesdat
aacqui
sit
ion.Pr
ogr
amscanmakecal
ls

t
othe Remot
e Des
ktop Ser
vices APIt
o gat
heri
nfor
mat
ion about

connect
ed s
ess
ions
,us
eract
ivi
ty,and r
esour
ce us
age.Addi
ti
onal
ly,

RDP s
erver
sgener
atel
ogst
hatt
rack connect
ion at
tempt
s,s
ess
ion

det
ail
s,anddi
sconnect
ions
.Thes
elogsar
epar
sedt
oext
ractr
elevant

dat
afor r
epor
ts.Fi
nal
ly,oper
ati
ng s
yst
ems pr
ovi
de per
for
mance

count
erst
hatt
rackr
esour
ceut
il
izat
ion.RDP r
epor
tsmi
ghtl
ever
age

t
hes
ecount
erst
oident
if
ypot
ent
ialper
for
mancebot
tlenecks
.

4.
3.1 Dat
apr
oces
sing

Dat
a pr
oces
sing and pr
esent
ati
on t
echni
quesar
eal
so cr
uci
al.Dat
a

ext
ract
edf
rom var
iouss
our
cescanbef
il
ter
edands
ort
edbas
edon

s
peci
fi
ccr
iter
ial
ikeus
er,s
ess
iondur
ati
on,orappl
icat
ionus
age.Raw

dat
apoi
ntscanbeaggr
egat
edt
opr
ovi
des
ummar
yst
ati
sti
cs,s
uchas

aver
ages
ess
iondur
ati
onort
otalr
esour
cecons
umpt
ion.Repor
tsof
ten

l
ever
agechar
ts,gr
aphs
,andt
abl
est
ovi
sual
lyr
epr
esentt
hecol
lect
ed

dat
a.Techni
quesl
ikebarchar
ts,pi
echar
ts,andl
inegr
aphsef
fect
ivel
y

hi
ghl
ightt
rendsandpat
ter
ns.

1
9
 Chapt
er5
Met
hodol
ogy

5.
1Fl
ow char
t

Fl
owchar
t:Cr
eat
ingaWebpageUs
ingRDP
1
.Connectt
oRemot
eMachi
ne:

20
 o Yes
:Us
eRDPcl
ientt
oconnectt
other
emot
emachi
nehos
ting

t
hewebdevel
opmentenvi
ronment
.

o No:Got
oSt
ep2a.

2a.LocalDevel
opmentEnvi
ronment
:(Deci
sionPoi
nt)*Avai
labl
e:Us
eyour

l
ocaldevel
opmentenvi
ronmentwi
thacodeedi
torandpr
efer
redweb

devel
opmentt
ool
s.*NotAvai
labl
e:End(
Webpagedevel
opmentnotpos
sibl
e

wi
thoutadevel
opmentenvi
ronment
)

3.Devel
opWebpage:

o Wr
iteHTML,CSS,andJavaScr
iptcode(
orus
eaf
ramewor
k)t
o

cr
eat
ethewebpages
truct
ure,s
tyl
ing,andi
nter
act
ivi
ty.

o Us
eat
extedi
tororI
DE(
Int
egr
atedDevel
opmentEnvi
ronment
)

f
orcodi
ng.

4.LocalTes
ting:(
Opt
ional
,ifus
ingl
ocaldevel
opmentenvi
ronment
)

o Tes
tthewebpagef
unct
ional
it
yinal
ocalwebs
erver(
e.g.
,

XAMPP,MAMP)t
oens
urei
twor
ksasi
ntended.

5.Tr
ans
ferFi
les
:

o Upl
oadt
hewebpagef
il
es(
HTML,CSS,JavaScr
ipt
,images
,et
c.)

t
other
emot
eser
ver
'swebhos
tingdi
rect
ory.

o Us
eaf
il
etr
ans
ferpr
otocol(
FTP)cl
ientl
ikeFi
leZi
ll
aorbui
lt
-i
n

t
ool
swi
thi
ntheRDPcl
ient
.

6.Ver
ifyWebpage:

21
 o Acces
sthewebpageus
ingi
tsURLi
nawebbr
ows
eront
he

r
emot
emachi
neorl
ocal
lyi
facces
sibl
e.

o Ens
uret
hewebpagedi
spl
aysandf
unct
ionscor
rect
ly.

7.Publ
ishWebpage(
Opt
ional
):

o I
fther
emot
eser
veri
sdi
rect
lyconnect
edt
othei
nter
net
,the

webpagei
snow l
ive.

o I
fonapr
ivat
enet
wor
k,addi
ti
onalconf
igur
ati
on(
e.g.
,por
t

f
orwar
ding)mi
ghtbeneededf
orext
ernalacces
s.

22
23
 Chapt
er6

Res
ult
sand

Anal
ysi
s

6.
1 Per
for
manceEval
uat
ion

Ear
lyRDPVer
sions
:Ini
ti
alRDPver
sionspr
ior
iti
zedcompat
ibi
li
tyover
per
for
mance.Theyr
eli
edons
oft
war
erender
ing,whi
chpl
acedaheavy
bur
den on t
he cl
ient machi
ne'
s CPU. Thi
sres
ult
ed i
n s
luggi
sh
per
for
mance,es
peci
all
yonr
esour
ce-
cons
trai
neddevi
ces
.

Har
dwar
eAccel
erat
ion:A maj
orl
eap camewi
tht
hei
ntr
oduct
ion of

har
dwar
e accel
erat
ion. Thi
s t
echni
que l
ever
ages t
he gr
aphi
cs

pr
oces
singuni
t(GPU)onbot
hthecl
ientands
ervermachi
nest
oof
fl
oad

r
ender
ingt
asks
,si
gni
fi
cant
lyi
mpr
ovi
ngper
for
mance.

6.
1.
1Comput
inghar
dwar
e

Beyond t
he cor
e pr
otocol i
mpr
ovement
s,s
ever
al ot
her f
act
ors

cont
ribut
e t
o RDP'
s per
for
mance evol
uti
on. Thes
e i
ncl
ude

advancement
sin gener
alcomput
ing har
dwar
e,i
ncr
eas
ed net
wor
k

bandwi
dthavai
labi
li
ty,andmor
eef
fi
cientoper
ati
ngs
yst
ems
.

24
6.
2 Compar
isonwi
thexi
sti
ngs
yst
ems

Thebes
topt
iondependsonyours
peci
fi
cneeds
.RDPi
sagoodchoi
ce

f
ors
impl
eremot
eacces
swi
thi
nal
ocalnet
wor
k,pr
ior
iti
zingeas
eofus
e

and s
ecur
ity. Cl
oud-
bas
ed s
olut
ions of
fer gr
eat
er f
lexi
bil
it
y and

s
cal
abi
li
ty,i
dealf
orr
emot
ewor
kfor
cesoracces
sing r
esour
cesf
rom

anywher
e.VNC can be a s
uit
abl
e opt
ion f
orbas
icr
emot
e acces
s

s
cenar
ioswher
ecos
tisamaj
orconcer
n.

6.
2.1VNC

RDP l
ever
ages har
dwar
e accel
erat
ion and net
wor
k opt
imi
zat
ion
t
echni
ques
,of
ten l
eadi
ng t
osmoot
herper
for
mance,es
peci
all
y on
r
esour
ce-
cons
trai
ned devi
ces
. VNC pr
imar
il
y r
eli
es on s
oft
war
e
r
ender
ing,whi
chcanbel
essef
fi
cient
.Cl
oud-
bas
eds
olut
ionsar
eeas
ily
s
cal
abl
etoaccommodat
eal
argenumberofr
emot
eus
ers
.RDPmi
ght
r
equi
readdi
ti
onals
erveri
nfr
ast
ruct
uref
orl
argedepl
oyment
s.

25
6.
3 Li
mit
ati
onsandf
utur
escope

Remot
e Des
ktop Pr
otocol(
RDP)of
fer
s a power
fuland conveni
ent
s
olut
ionf
orr
emot
eacces
s,buti
t'
snotwi
thoutl
imi
tat
ions
.Secur
ityi
sa
key concer
n.By def
aul
t,RDP mi
ghtbe vul
ner
abl
eto br
ute-
for
ce
at
tacksi
fnots
ecur
edpr
oper
ly.I
mpl
ement
ings
trongpas
swor
dsand
mul
ti
-f
act
oraut
hent
icat
ionar
ees
sent
ials
afeguar
ds.

Per
for
mancecanal
sobeacons
ider
ati
on,par
ticul
arl
yoverWi
deAr
ea
Net
wor
ks(
WANs
)wi
thhi
ghl
atencyorl
imi
tedbandwi
dth.Whi
leRDP
hasnet
wor
kopt
imi
zat
ion t
echni
ques
,sl
uggi
shnes
scan s
til
loccuri
n
s
uch envi
ronment
s.Addi
ti
onal
ly,bas
ic RDP f
unct
ional
it
y mi
ghtnot
pr
ovi
deopt
imals
uppor
tformul
ti
-moni
tors
etups
,pot
ent
ial
lyl
eadi
ngt
o
di
spl
ayi
ssuesorl
imi
tat
ions
.

6.
3.1 Mul
ti
-moni
tors
uppor
t

I
nter
msofus
erexper
ience,advancement
sinmul
ti
-moni
tors
uppor
t
coul
d pr
ovi
de s
eaml
essexper
iencesr
epl
icat
ing t
he l
ocalmachi
ne'
s
s
etup on t
he r
emot
e des
ktop. Addi
ti
onal
ly, i
ntel
li
gent r
esour
ce
managementt
echni
ques coul
d be l
ever
aged by RDP t
o opt
imi
ze
per
for
mancebas
edont
heavai
labl
eres
our
cesont
hecl
ientands
erver
machi
nes
.

26
 Chapt
er7

Concl
usi
onand
Recommendat
ions

7.
1 Summar
yoft
hePr
oject

Fi
nal
ly, we expl
ored RDP'
s l
imi
tat
ions and f
utur
e s
cope. We
acknowl
edgeds
ecur
ityconcer
nsl
ikepot
ent
ialbr
ute-
for
ceat
tacksand
t
he need f
or s
trong pas
swor
ds and mul
ti
-f
act
or aut
hent
icat
ion.
Addi
ti
onal
ly,we di
scus
sed how per
for
mance can be i
mpact
ed by
f
act
orsl
ikeWAN connect
ivi
tyandr
esour
cel
imi
tat
ionsoncl
ientand
s
ervermachi
nes
.Looki
ngahead,wei
dent
ifi
edexci
ti
ngpos
sibi
li
ti
esf
or
f
utur
eit
erat
ionsofRDP,i
ncl
udi
ng enhanced s
ecur
ityf
eat
ures
,WAN
opt
imi
zat
ion f
orl
ong-
dis
tance connect
ions
,seaml
ess mul
ti
-moni
tor
s
uppor
t, and i
ntel
li
gent r
esour
ce management f
or opt
imal
per
for
mance.

7.
2 Cont
ribut
ionsandachi
evement
s

Thi
srepor
tonRemot
eDes
ktopPr
otocol(
RDP)benef
itt
edgr
eat
lyf
rom
yourcont
ribut
ions
.Youcons
oli
dat
edi
nfor
mat
ionf
rom var
iouss
our
ces
,
cover
ingr
epor
ttechni
ques
,how RDPper
for
mancehasevol
ved,how i
t
compar
est
oot
hers
yst
ems
,it
sli
mit
ati
ons
,andi
tspot
ent
ialf
orf
utur
e
devel
opment
. Compl
ex t
opi
cs wer
e pr
esent
ed i
n cl
ear and
under
standabl
e l
anguage, maki
ng t
hem acces
sibl
e t
o a wi
der
audi
ence.Youal
sot
ail
oredt
hecont
entt
omypr
efer
ences
,for
mat
ting

27
i
tinpar
agr
aphsandf
ocus
ingons
peci
fi
car
easl
ikecompar
isonsand
f
utur
eadvancement
s.Ther
epor
twentbeyond j
ustdes
cri
bing RDP'
s
f
unct
ional
it
ies
;it pr
ovi
ded a t
hor
ough anal
ysi
sthat i
ncl
uded i
ts
l
imi
tat
ionsandexci
ti
ngpos
sibi
li
ti
esf
ort
hef
utur
e.

7.
3 Recommendat
ionsf
orf
utur
ewor
k

Looki
ng ahead, t
her
e's s
igni
fi
cant pot
ent
ial t
o enhance RDP'
s
capabi
li
ti
es.Secur
ity coul
d be bol
ster
ed by i
ntegr
ati
ng endpoi
nt
s
ecur
ity or adopt
ing zer
o-t
rus
t net
wor
k acces
s pr
inci
ples
.
Opt
imi
zat
ions s
peci
fi
cal
ly des
igned f
orWi
de Ar
ea Net
wor
k(WAN)
connect
ions coul
d s
igni
fi
cant
ly i
mpr
ove per
for
mance over l
ong
di
stances
.Seaml
essmul
ti
-moni
tors
uppor
twoul
dens
ureacons
ist
ent
exper
iencer
epl
icat
ingt
hel
ocalmachi
nes
etupont
her
emot
edes
ktop.
Addi
ti
onal
ly,i
ntel
li
gentr
esour
ce managementt
echni
ques coul
d be
i
ncor
por
atedt
oopt
imi
zeper
for
mancebas
edonavai
labl
eres
our
ceson
bot
hcl
ientands
ervermachi
nes
.Byf
ocus
ingont
hes
ear
eas
,fut
ure
i
ter
ati
onsofRDP can of
feran even mor
esecur
e,r
espons
ive,and
ver
sat
il
eremot
eacces
sexper
ience.

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xA

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eens
hot
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xedI
mage

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nrar
ecas
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tyi
ssuesbet
weent
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magef
ormatandyour
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dver
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 Appendi
xC

Dat
aset
sus
edi
nthepr
oject

RDP (
Remot
e Des
ktop Pr
otocol
)isa pr
otocolf
orr
emot
ely connect
ing t
o
anot
hercomput
er.I
tdoes
n'tdi
rect
lyi
nter
actwi
thdat
aset
sus
edi
nwebpages
.
Dat
aset
sforwebpagesar
etypi
cal
lyacces
sed and pr
oces
sed byt
heweb
s
erverhos
tingt
hewebpage,nott
hecomput
eryouconnectt
owi
thRDP.

Her
e'sabr
eakdown:

 WebpageDat
aset
s:Thes
ear
ecol
lect
ionsofdat
a us
ed t
o bui
ldt
he
dynami
ccont
entofawebpage.Theycanbes
tor
edi
nvar
iousf
ormat
s
l
ike dat
abas
es (
e.g.
, MySQL)
, CSV f
il
es, or API
s (
Appl
icat
ion
Pr
ogr
ammi
ngI
nter
faces
).Thewebpagei
tsel
fdoes
n'tdi
rect
lycont
ain
t
hedat
aset
s;i
tfet
chesanddi
spl
ayst
hedat
aasneeded.

 RDP:Thi
s pr
otocolal
lows you t
oremot
ely acces
sthe des
ktop of
anot
hercomput
er.I
t'
sus
efulf
oradmi
nis
trat
ion,t
echni
cals
uppor
t,or
acces
sings
oft
war
enotavai
labl
eonyourl
ocalmachi
ne.RDPhasno
r
olei
n s
ervi
ng webs
ite cont
ent or managi
ng dat
aset
s us
ed by
webpages
.

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