Port 135 is for DCOM and MS RPC (sometimes called the portmapper port
because it helps remote clients locate RPC/DCOM services on a machine
which may be located on other TCP/UDP ports). Port 135 offers other
services as well for MSRPC/DCOM clients.
-mike
On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Noonan, Wesley wrote:
> You just told him to open port 135 and 137...
>
> 135 is:
>
> epmap 135/tcp DCE endpoint resolution
> epmap 135/udp DCE endpoint resolution
> # Joe Pato - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Whatever that is... though I suspect it has something to do with maybe Frame
> Relay or X.25... dunno for sure, and I don't have a lot of time to look it
> up.
>
> 137 is:
> netbios-ns 137/tcp NETBIOS Name Service
> netbios-ns 137/udp NETBIOS Name Service
>
> More commonly known as WINS. This is generally regarded as a bad thing to
> open to the world... now that IS likely to get one hung...
>
> Wes Noonan, MCP+I/MCSE/MCT/CCNA/NNCSS
> Senior QA Rep
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