I would bring this up in the Windows Protocol Forums ( https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=os_windowsprotocols), or email to doch...@microsoft.com. They actively monitor for RDP issues
Does this happen only with valid credentials? If not then it would be a more serious DoS vector On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 3:39 AM vrodriguez--- via FreeRDP-devel < freerdp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using freerdp to check RDP availability of a Win10 virtual machine. > The command used is: > > /usr/bin/xfreerdp /cert-ignore /auth-only /u:$USER /p:$PASS /v:$HOST > > Every time this command is launched, the svchost.exe process related to > "TermService" grows around 8MB in its "private bytes" memory. That > memory is never returned to the system and in a few days some messages > related to "resource exhaustion" are logged and eventually RDP stops > working. At that time, that svchost.exe has more than 10GB of "private > bytes". Win10 needs to be restarted for RDP to work again. > > Adding memory or a bigger pagefile to the VM only delays the time when > RDP stops working, it will eventually fail anyway. > > Do you think this is caused by FreeRDP shutting down the connection > without notifying the RDP Server? In the end, I believe this is a > Windows issue, because just as it is right now is very easy to create a > DoS to a Win10 RDP server. > > Off topic: is there any other way to test RDP authentication? > > Thanks a lot. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > FreeRDP-devel mailing list > FreeRDP-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel > -- ☸ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ FreeRDP-devel mailing list FreeRDP-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel
