RDP is really useful, but the default setup has no place on the public-facing internet.

This is probably a stupid question, and I probably could have avoided having to ask it if I would have bothered to think things through before-hand but... well, it's a learning experience.

Built into Windows, Microsoft’s Remote Desktop and Remote Desktop Connection apps make it easy to connect to and control a remote PC — when they’re working properly. Here are some common problems you ...

According to Microsoft, the issue with security warnings when opening RDP files are due to a bug that’s supposedly been fixed ...

Microsoft has introduced new Windows protections to defend against phishing attacks that abuse Remote Desktop connection (.rdp) files, adding warnings and disabling risky shared resources by default.