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vista firewall and closing port 135
  1. #1


    fpbrat@yahoo.ca Guest

    vista firewall and closing port 135

    I did a scan on the box and port 135 is open. Can it be closed? If so
    how?




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  2. #2


    Puppy Breath Guest

    Re: vista firewall and closing port 135

    It's for RPC (Remote Procedure Calls) and a lot of servers. I don't think
    you want to close it. If you go to the page below and search "this page
    only" for 135 you'll see.



    http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusine...s_ms_prod.mspx



    You can open/close ports through the advanced firewall thing. I'm not at a
    Vista PC right now, but it's easy to find. I'm sure someone else can tell
    you how to get there. But anyway, I don't think you want to close 135.







    <fpbrat@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
    news:1173038910.155945.321380@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
    >I did a scan on the box and port 135 is open. Can it be closed? If so
    > how?
    >




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  3. #3


    Jesper Guest

    Re: vista firewall and closing port 135

    What type of network are you on? The firewall will open it on a domain network.

    As Puppy Breath says, 135 is for RPC. More correctly, it is the RPC Endpoint
    Mapper port. It is used by remote systems to find RPC services on your
    system. Those are used for remote management

    If the firewall is in the public profile 135 should be closed. If it is not,
    that would be a problem.

    "Puppy Breath" wrote:

    > It's for RPC (Remote Procedure Calls) and a lot of servers. I don't think
    > you want to close it. If you go to the page below and search "this page
    > only" for 135 you'll see.
    >
    >
    >
    > http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusine...s_ms_prod.mspx
    >
    >
    >
    > You can open/close ports through the advanced firewall thing. I'm not at a
    > Vista PC right now, but it's easy to find. I'm sure someone else can tell
    > you how to get there. But anyway, I don't think you want to close 135.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > <fpbrat@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
    > news:1173038910.155945.321380@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
    > >I did a scan on the box and port 135 is open. Can it be closed? If so
    > > how?
    > >

    >
    >
    >


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