Re: port 135 !!!!

Josh Hillman ( (no email) )
Wed, 4 Jun 1997 12:16:26 -0400

> From: ing. Joost van der Locht <joostvdl@dse.nl>
> Telnetting to port 135 and typing some text en closing the connection
> results in a CPU usage of 100% (used bu rpcss.exe). Only solution is
> resetting the server.

This was fixed with Service Pack 3 for NT 4.0
If you're using SP 2 for NT 4.0, there's a hotfix for this problem:

SP2 hotfix:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com
/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40/hotfixes-postSP2/RPC-fix

SP3:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com
/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40/ussp3

Josh Hillman
hillman@talstar.com