WARNING! -- RPC ports on Win2k

From: H. Nachtwandler (sleepwalker_at_saintly.com)
Date: 11/25/03

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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:15:53 -0500

    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

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    >
    > -----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
    >
    >
    > >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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