[Varmint Al]

Another acronym without an explanation. Had to look it up. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft, which provides a user with a graphical interface to connect to another computer over a network connection. The user employs RDP client software for this purpose, while the other computer must run RDP server software.

Good Hunting... from Varmint Al

[dayglored]

Ah, sorry about that, should have de-acronymized it.

RDP was actually developed by Citrix long ago, which is why it works. They called it "MetaFrame". Microsoft licensed a portion of it, crossed out "MetaFrame" and wrote in "Remote Desktop" in crayon.

RDP clients have been supported for a long time, not only in Windows clients, but in Mac (by a Microsoft product), and in Linux as "rdesktop", which is open source and not related to the Microsoft or Citrix codebases.