Is DualDesk Secure?
Yes! The DualDesk session must be initiated by the customer unless you pre-install the DualDesk RemoteStart utility. DualDesk does not accept inbound connections so no one can can access or initiate access to the customer’s computer remotely. DualDesk uses industry standard end-to-end RC4 encryption to ensure data security, plus the data stream of DualDesk is compressed. To decode the data, a hacker would need to obtain the encryption key, have knowledge of when the session was happening, have access to the stream of data and then know how to decode the compressed stream before they would finally be able to see the session. This would be very difficult. The DualDesk Server and DualDesk viewer uses optional end-to-end MS RC4 Stream Encryption. You have the option of using 40 bit, 56 bit or 128 bit key encryption so your sessions are secure. Unlike similar software, DualDesk does not allow inbound connections that hackers can exploit. The DualDesk Server is not capable of allowing inboun