Luckly, it happens with valid credentials only. I have written to doch...@microsoft.com and will come back if there are relevant news.
Thanks a lot for your instructions. On 05/07/18 21:09, Eric Brown via FreeRDP-devel wrote: > 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
