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White Paper Threats and Challenges of Terminal Servers Terminal servers host the software installed on them. The applications are executed on the servers, and the users only have access to a client system that mirrors the server’s display output on the user’s hardware. Many users can use the same terminal server simultaneously, each being given a distinct session which operates independently from the other users’ sessions. The client only provides mice, keyboards, or other peripherals. Connected local device Application Application Connected local device Terminal Server Software Server Application Session Application Session Image 3: Architecture of a terminal server Operating system Real hardware The following threats need to be considered: