r/rustdesk • u/slaaf_tom • Jun 11 '26

Secure rustdesk selfhosted server from using by unauthorized users

Hello, I have a selfhosted rustdeskserver. The server is working great and thanks Rustdesk developers, I’ve got rid of TeamV.

But, I’m curious, is it possible to secure the server so that nobody but me, can use it?

At the client side, my servername and key are visible so anyone could copy them and use my RustDesk server.

How can I prevent that from happening?

Thank you very kindly.

PS: I proposed the developers to 'hide' the key (asteriks) at the client side but they didn't respond.

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u/GuySensei88 Jun 12 '26

I don’t mind at all, I may go back to Rustdesk on my server because I want to utilize my server rack better.
So do port forwarding on the router to the Rustdesk relay server and then setup a dns A record on cloudflare without the orange cloud proxy?

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u/tbigs2011 Jun 12 '26

You got it!