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Sometimes when I connect to a Windows Server 2008 machine using Remote Desktop Connection a window pops up on my computer asking me to enter a username and password. Other times, I am connected to the server and that server then asks me to select which user I want to log on as (using it's GUI), and then to enter a password.
Why is that sometimes my computer (mstsc.exe) ask me to provide credentials to the remote machine, but at other times the remote server asks me to provide the credentials?
I prefer when my computer asks, since I can then copy-paste the password.
Nitramk
Posted 2013-04-25T13:01:02.883
Reputation: 121
+1 - Definitely memorize the password. If you're trying to make a password so cryptic that you have to copy and paste it from somewhere else, you're defeating the purpose. It would be more secure to make one that's cryptic and memorable. – trpt4him – 2013-04-25T13:43:23.763
I'm downloading a .RDP file from the Windows Azure Management Portal. This file contains only the user name and load balancing info required to connect. We have a lot of different servers with different login details. They receive new passwords all the time and we don't manage all of them ourselves. How would I be able to memorize all those? – Nitramk – 2013-04-25T15:17:24.820
@trpt4him: Indeed, they designed public-key cryptography for this. – Tamara Wijsman – 2013-04-25T17:00:27.547