{"id":341,"date":"2015-07-05T20:36:54","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T11:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/?p=341"},"modified":"2022-04-03T13:48:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T04:48:55","slug":"using-a-custom-security-certificate-for-rdp-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/using-a-custom-security-certificate-for-rdp-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Using a custom security certificate for RDP connections"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is somewhat late, but I decided to upload it for informative purposes.<\/p>\n

In early this year I set up my own CA for securing connections between devices that I use.
\nOne of the things I cared about is the Windows Remote Desktop where I did not like the program spitting out warnings about default, non-secure self-signed certificate.
\nSo I thought about using my own certificates for them.
\nFirst I created an importable .pfx file with the private key and the certificate.
\nWith the certificate saved on the target machine, do the following:<\/p>\n

\"cert1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Open the mmc console and add a certificate snap-in for local computer account.<\/p>\n

\"cert2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Go to Personal key storage and import the key file(It is NOT Remote Desktop storage despite its name).<\/p>\n

\"cert3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Open Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration.<\/p>\n

\"cert4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Right click your desired RDP connection (RDP-tcp for my case) and go to properties.<\/p>\n

\"cert5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Press ‘Select’ button in the certificates section to locate your certificate.
\nThen click Apply and disconnect from the RDP session. Further sessions will be secured using the certificate you specified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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