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Stop RDP Port Scanning: VPN Gateways, RD Gateway & Multi-Factor Authentication for Windows Server in Kenya

Published: Jul 23, 2026 Updated: Jul 23, 2026 Jay Digital Solutions Engineering Team
Stop RDP Port Scanning: VPN Gateways, RD Gateway & Multi-Factor Authentication for Windows Server in Kenya

Never Expose Port 3389 to the Public Internet

Automated criminal botnets scan the entire Kenyan IP space 24/7 searching for open TCP port 3389. Within 15 minutes of exposing standard Remote Desktop to the internet, your server will be hit with thousands of automated dictionary brute-force attempts. Instead, encapsulate RDP inside an encrypted IPsec/WireGuard VPN or deploy a Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) over HTTPS port 443 with mandatory multi-factor authentication.

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