RdpGuard IP Cloud
IP Cloud overview
Local brute-force protection blocks an IP after repeated failed logins on your server. RdpGuard IP Cloud adds an earlier line of defense: it combines reports from other participating servers, so an attacking IP can already be blocked when it reaches yours.
When enabled, your computer also shares reports about failed login attempts with IP Cloud.
Why shared reports help
A botnet can spread login attempts across many IP addresses and servers. Each IP may make too few attempts on a single server to reach its blocking threshold.
IP Cloud combines reports from multiple participants to identify IP addresses used against several servers.
How IP Cloud works
RdpGuard downloads updates periodically and blocks the listed IP addresses locally. Local failed-login detection continues to work alongside IP Cloud.
Use the whitelist to keep trusted IP addresses from being blocked.
For use with other firewalls, see IP Cloud Blacklist as a service.
Enable IP Cloud
Install RdpGuard if it is not already installed.
Click Tools, Options:
Open Tools, Options. In the Options dialog, select the IP Cloud tab.
The IP Cloud tab will open:
Select Enable IP Cloud, then save your changes. Select Enable IP Cloud and click Save.
You can also enable or disable IP Cloud through the command-line interface.
RdpGuard protects:
- Remote Desktop
- MS-SQL Server
- FTP Protocol
- HTTP Protocol
- IMAP Protocol
- POP3 Protocol
- SMTP Protocol
- IIS Web Login
- MySQL Server
- ASP.NET Forms
- RD Web Access
- VoIP (SIP Protocol)
- SSH Protocol
- MS VPN (RRAS)
"This sotware is really great. It's a relief. Because my server is constantly under attack. Thanks RdpGuard" - Joaquim De Sousa Marques
"Nice product. I used to implement something similiar in a low-tech and cumbersome manner via a script called TSBlock (not mine). This makes it much easier and is well worth the pricetag for SMB's." - J. Johnson
"Absolutely amazed at your product. We are a church in the North Dallas area, and I discovered this morning multiple failed logon attempts via our Remote Access Server. A friend suggested your product, so I immediately downloaded the trial. It had a list of about five blocked IP addresses in minutes, and that was enough to lead me to push the BUY button. Over the past 10-15 minutes the list is now about thirty with at least a third being international attempts to break into our system. Thanks for a great product. You may have just saved us much grief." - John Hallford
"Love the software. RDP on our Windows servers is just ridiculous. We would block it in the router but we have lots of old-time customers that would have issues." - Scott Hirsch
"Love the software! Makes it easier than tailoring VB Scripts!!" - Nick Brennan
"It's a great product - really stopping those RDP attackers :-)" - Dave, UK
"First of all: Your application is very (!!!) useful and I like it very much securing my 2012 R2 server. RdpGuard is the best solution, I found on the market and after 10 minutes of testing it I ordered the fully-featured version. :-)" - Carsten Baltes