PRB: RPC Numeric Endpoints Should Not Contain Leading Zeros (256881)

CAUSE

In C or C++, a number with a leading zero is normally considered an octal number. For instance, 03322 should be interpreted as decimal 1746.

On Windows 95-based computers or Windows 98-based computers, a numeric endpoint with a leading zero is interpreted as an octal number by the RPC run-time. On a Windows NT 4.0-based computer or a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer, however, all leading zeros in a numeric endpoint are stripped off and the number is interpreted by the RPC run-time as decimal.

[uuid (cf0b9b5f-89c3-4ad6-944a-451bb34a3c29),
  version(1.0),
  pointer_default(unique)
  endpoint ("ncacn_ip_tcp:[03322]")
]
interface myinterface
{
void MyRPCProc([in, string] unsigned char * pszString);
}
				

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static RPC_PROTSEQ_ENDPOINT __RpcProtseqEndpoint[] = 
    {
    {(unsigned char *) "ncacn_ip_tcp", (unsigned char *) "03322"}
    };
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