Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:
>
> > This port is not open on a Win98 box, even if you have file sharing
> > turned on. From one of my lab Win98 boxes:
>
> I don't think that file sharing is a DCOM/COM/OLE application but could be
> mistaken.
My point (as stated) is that TCP/135 is not listening by default on a
Win98 box, no matter what you do with the networking settings.
> I didn't feel like rebooting to switch from BSD/OS to Windows98 to see if
> there were any differences between our systems.
Hummm. Making authoritative statements without checking them first, no
comments on this end. ;)
> The Microsoft Windows98
> Resource Kit implies that the RPC service is indemic to Windows98 and that
> it will listen on port 135 should you install or run a DCOM/COM/OLE
> application.
Hummm. This is not what you said the first time around. Your original
statement was:
"Might be a little difficult to remove without rebuilding the kernel"
which implies that TCP/135 is listen by default on Win98 and shy of
hacking the kernel there is no way to stop it. If in fact your second
statement is correct than TCP/135 is _off_ by default and can be
disabled without hacking the kernel if it has been turned on.
Cheers,
Chris
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