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135 is the non-secure port, 445 uses SSL security<br />
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WMI is a Windows framework used to query and set values for various operating system and software options<br />
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RPC is remote procedure call, which allows you to run code remotely on a server
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135 is the non-secure port, 445 uses SSL security

WMI is a Windows framework used to query and set values for various operating system and software options

RPC is remote procedure call, which allows you to run code remotely on a server

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Matt,<br />
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Is it a correct statement to say that WMI and RPC use the same ports?
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Matt,

Is it a correct statement to say that WMI and RPC use the same ports?

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Experts,<br />
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Can someone tell me the difference between WMI and RPC? They both start out with 135 or 445 and then call for a random port above 1024. <br />
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Question 2, what makes it use 445 instead of 135? Is it that it tries 135 first and then if that doesn't work it will try 445?
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Experts,

Can someone tell me the difference between WMI and RPC? They both start out with 135 or 445 and then call for a random port above 1024. 

Question 2, what makes it use 445 instead of 135? Is it that it tries 135 first and then if that doesn't work it will try 445?

WMI AND RPC

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Windows Networking

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