epmap port 135....how do you disable? Is it needed?

Supposedly TCP port 135, also known as epmap, is a security risk on Windows computers.

Does anybody have good information on this port?

Can you disable epmap?

Thanks

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sprkymrk

Just make sure it's blocked at the border (firewall). Windows will die without port 135.

Reinhold

On Windows Server 2008 issue following command:
netsh rpc add 127.0.0.0
and reboot
Now rpc will listen only locally (on 127.0.0.1) !

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