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I have a Parallels Desktop virtual machine with Host-Only networking. I want to set up Remote Desktop on Windows (port 3389) while not exposing any other part of Windows to the external network. Parallels adds a virtual network adapter that allows me to communicate with the Windows machine. On OSX I tried to add the following rule:

sudo ipfw add 100 fwd ,3389 tcp from any to 10.37.129.3 dst-port 3389

But it doesn't seem to work. Is there anything wrong with my rule? Is there another way of doing this?

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  • I thought that ,3389 means any ip? Anyways, I tried your command and it still didn't work. – Yifan Mar 4 '14 at 19:17
  • I think I found a mistake. The first part is the destination (according to your link), so I think it should be sudo ipfw add 100 fwd 10.37.129.3,3389 tcp from any to any 3389 in – Yifan Mar 4 '14 at 19:20
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According to what you're trying to achieve, your rule is in a wrong position.

This Source will show you how to set up a rule. However, you're navigation FROM:

sudo ipfw add 100 fwd 10.37.129.3,3389 tcp from any to any 3389 in

Please don't hit me with a stick, I'm unable to forward this on my Mac to test.

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  • Thanks for the hint. I realized this after I posted the question (see my comment on the main post above). However, it still refuses to work. Perhaps it's a problem with RDP; I'll do more tests. – Yifan Mar 4 '14 at 21:18

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