09-03-14 20:20 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about RPC Service

 ml> {at}MSGID: 
 ml>  On Wed, 03 Sep 2014, Ed Vance wrote to All:
 EV> When I run 60 second virus scan from Bitdefender I always see a
 EV> section in it about Open Ports on this XP box where svchost is
 EV> using a Port.
 EV> The entry says it is Listening on Port 135 and I start worrying
 EV> because I remember reading on GRC.COM something about Port 135
 EV> shouldn't be used because it could be used by something nasty.
 ml> if that port is open to the outside of your LAN, yes... it is
 ml> possible that /if/ something nasty got into your network that
 ml> it would travel to other machines via that port...
 ml> it should be noted that without that port and at least two
 ml> others being open, machines on the same network won't be able
 ml> to talk to each other for things like sharing printers or even
 ml> drive directories...

Howdy! Mark,

A long time ago I Printed something from the Notebook to my Printer
that is connected to the XP Desktop through my Linksys Router.

I ain't done that for a long time.

I suppose I see Port 135 being used because of File Sharing or Printer
Sharing, so I ought to accept things as is in case I ever wanted to
Print something from the Notebook or Send a File to the XP box.

Thanks Again.

... I got lost in thought.  It was unfamiliar territory.
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