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A remote access service ( RAS) is any combination of hardware and software to enable the remote access tools or information that typically reside on a network of IT devices. A remote access service connects a client to a host computer, known as a remote access server. [1] The most common approach to this service is remote control of a computer ...
A remote access trojan (RAT, sometimes called creepware) is a type of malware that controls a system through a remote network connection. While desktop sharing and remote administration have many legal uses, "RAT" connotes criminal or malicious activity.
Remote Desktop Protocol. Remote Desktop Protocol ( RDP) is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft Corporation which provides a user with a graphical interface to connect to another computer over a network connection. [1] The user employs RDP client software for this purpose, while the other computer must run RDP server software.
Chrome Remote Desktop is a remote desktop software tool, developed by Google, that allows a user to remotely control another computer's desktop through a proprietary protocol also developed by Google, internally called Chromoting. [2] [3] The protocol transmits the keyboard and mouse events from the client to the server, relaying the graphical ...
Remote access may refer to: Connection to a data-processing system from a remote location, for example, through a remote access service or virtual private network. Remote desktop software, software allowing applications to run remotely on a server while displaying graphical output locally. Terminal emulation, when used to interface with a ...
Remote Desktop Services ( RDS ), known as Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 and earlier, [1] is one of the components of Microsoft Windows that allow a user to initiate and control an interactive session [2] on a remote computer or virtual machine over a network connection. RDS was first released in 1998 as Terminal Server in Windows NT ...
RPC is a request–response protocol. An RPC is initiated by the client, which sends a request message to a known remote server to execute a specified procedure with supplied parameters. The remote server sends a response to the client, and the application continues its process. While the server is processing the call, the client is blocked (it ...
Routing and Remote Access Service. Routing and Remote Access Service ( RRAS) is a Microsoft API and server software that makes it possible to create applications to administer the routing and remote access service capabilities of the operating system, to function as a network router. Developers can also use RRAS to implement routing protocols.