Kayman <kaymanDeleteThis@operamail.com> wrote in
news:g0t32g$qke$1@aioe.org:

>
> Please elaborate on which application "will break from working" when
> closing ports 135,137-139 and 445. The "unsuspected users" deserve to
> know.
>

You've been paying far too much attention to that idiot, Steve Gibson. I
do disable Netbios but as I keep saying, the ports are closed unless
needed on a router.

Port 135 loc-srv/epmap

Microsoft DCE Locator service aka. end-point mapper. It works like Sun
RPC portmapper, except that end-points can also be named pipes. Microsoft
relies upon DCE RPC to remotely manage services. Some services that use
port 135 of end-point mapping are:

* DHCP server
* DNS server
* WINS server

AKA NCS local location broker

http://www.iss.net/security_center/a...oups/Microsoft
/default.htm

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/..._port_list.htm