WARNING! -- RPC ports on Win2k

["H. Nachtwandler" <sleepwalker () saintly com>]

Do not disable RPC service.  Doing so will give you a bad afternoon, as I discovered the hard way.
Viz. -- http://www.blackviper.com/WIN2K/win2kservice411.htm#Remote_Procedure_Call_(RPC)

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----- Original Message -----
From: -----
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:07:48 -0500
To: <sleepwalker () saintly com>
Subject: FW: RPC ports on Win2k

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Berry [mailto:compjma () hotmail com]
> Sent: Monday, 24 November 2003 17:52
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: RPC ports on Win2k
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> > From: DIEGO PROTTA CASATI/6175/012/Graduacao <diego-casati () inatel br>
> >  I was wondering if anyone knows how to close the RPC ports on a Win2k 
> > box.
> > Someone told me that it was possible. Anyone?
>
> Well, you could turn off the rpc service, enable tcp/ip filtering, and/or 
> use a firewall.
>
> Chris Berry
> compjma () hotmail com
> Systems Administrator
> JM Associates
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