I want to make sure the users connection is as secure as possible. Our RDWeb server has a .local name (for this question it will be called rdweb.contoso.local) and a public name: rdweb.contoso.com
We have a premium ssl from godaddy for the RDWeb website (rdweb.contoso.com). When a user clicks to run remoteapp A it connects to the rdweb server. The connection box to the rdweb server says, "...connecting to rdweb.contoso.local" then asks for the user to login to rdweb.contosto.local. After successful login a window asks the user if he wants to continue to the connection of rdweb.contoso.local because it cannot be verified. If you click on view certificate you can see that for that connection the self-signed certificate I built in IIS is being used. Is this secure? The remote app used from RDWeb is an HR/payroll application that has sensitive employee information.
So, is the self-signed certificate okay for the connection from the RDWeb website to the rdweb server? We have a premium ssl for the rdweb website itself (rdweb.contoso.com)
If that self-signed certificate isn't safe for this situation then how can I make it safe? Purchase an SSL for the .local from godaddy?
we've been using this process for a while and I just happened to think about the safety of the connection. I understand it's encrypted and I do trust the certificate since I know it came from the server. Just wanting some thoughts on it.
Thanks everyone.
OS: server 2008 r2 Windows 7 and 2008 r2 active directory environment The RDWeb users logins into RDWeb from external location to our local network