Is remote assistance secure?

[manuel]

Hi. When you invite some friend to help you to fix your
computer using messenger remote assistance, you allow him
to see your screen. Is that connexion secure? Can
everybody see my screen? Is the data encrypted?

Thanks for your help

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Manuel,

Remote Assistance uses the same RDP protocol as Remote Desktop and is encrypted (using the
RCA RC4 cipher).
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Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"manuel" > wrote in message
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> Hi. When you invite some friend to help you to fix your
> computer using messenger remote assistance, you allow him
> to see your screen. Is that connexion secure? Can
> everybody see my screen? Is the data encrypted?
>
> Thanks for your help
>