Why you must install a firewall -- now review
Reviews MSBlast, the worm that exploited the buffer overflow in Windows' DCOM RPC protocol, wasn't the sort of email-borne pest that anti-virus software is good at catching. In September, based on additional research by the companies eEye Digital Security...
[October 17, 2003, 11:30]
Attackers target Windows DNS flaw
News RPC (Remote Procedure Call) is a protocol that applications use to request services from programs on another computer in a network. An anonymous attacker could try to exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted RPC packet to an...
[April 13, 2007, 9:13]
Watch for top Linux/Unix threats
News U1 Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) Try to run rpcinfo to see whether RPC services are enabled. RPC weaknesses are now number one on the Unix list, up from number three in 2001, but some of the same CVEs are still cited today, which means that known...
[October 22, 2002, 8:29]
Attack code raises risk for Windows
News RPC, or remote procedure call, is a protocol used by applications to send requests across a network. The vulnerability affects the DNS RPC interface. The RPC interface is typically bound to network ports between 1024 and 5000, Symantec said.
[April 17, 2007, 10:27]
RPC Over HTTP Feature in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
White Papers This webcast presents an overview of remote procedure call over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (RPC over HTTP) feature in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2003. It discusses installation requirements, recommended deployment...
[May 4, 2009, 5:15]
Joining the Branch Office to the Main Office With the Firewall for Microsoft Exchange - ISA 2000 : Connecting to the Main Office Exchange Server From the Branch Office Using RPC Over HTTP
White Papers The RPC over HTTP protocol is extremely useful during those times when one cannot connect to the Exchange Server using a secure Exchange RPC Server Publishing Rule. The new Outlook and Exchange 2003 RPC over HTTP feature is great for users stuck...
[September 20, 2006, 1:00]
Managing State in Service-Oriented Architecture
White Papers It offers an overview of how to implement such an approach using the Oracle JDeveloper 10g 10.1.3 J2EE Developer Preview with built-in support for J2EE 1.4 JAX-RPC. One of the most common misconceptions about Web services is that they are...
[October 13, 2006, 1:00]
Preventing and removing the Nachi worm
News This last file is the Trivial File Transfer Protocol used to download and install the DCOM RPC patches. Nachi (w32.nachi.a, also known as Welchia, worm_msblast.d, and Sachi) exploits the same Microsoft DCOM RPC Windows flaw as MSBlast, but it...
[August 20, 2003, 10:15]
Netgear ProSafe DGFV338 review
Reviews Advanced features include block Java/URL/ActiveX-based on extension and FTP/SMTP/RPC program filtering. It includes Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) Intrusion Detection System (IDS) including logging, reporting and email alerts, address, service...
[June 14, 2007, 15:03]
Code mishmash drives MSBlast
News By sending too much data to the RPC process, an attacker can cause the system to grant full access to its resources. The component, known as the remote procedure call (RPC) process, facilitates activities such as sharing files and allowing others...
[August 13, 2003, 8:39]
Active Directory Replication Over Firewalls
White Papers Active Directory relies on Remote Procedure Call (RPC) for replication between domain controllers. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol [SMTP] can be used in certain situations - schema, configuration, and global catalog replication, but not domain naming...
[June 2, 2006, 1:00]
Distributed Systems Support for Adaptive Mobile Applications
White Papers In particular, the paper describes in detail a Remote Procedure Call protocol (RPC) called QEX which has been designed to adapt to changes in communications QoS and to provide feedback to applications when changes to the QoS occur.
[August 13, 2007, 15:14]
Hard choices ahead for developers
News It's not at all clear that SOAP is necessarily better than XML-RPC. In doing so, the company will be able to argue that the specs are built on XML and SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), two of the emerging standards behind the shift to Web...
[November 23, 2001, 16:01]
Microsoft: Now HTTP needs replacing
News Among the problems with HTTP, said Box, is the fact that it is a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol; something that one program (such as a browser) uses to request a service from another program located in another computer (the server) in a...
[February 26, 2002, 15:19]
