xmlrpc hacking danger

[AVainberg]

If you have xmlrpc on your server consider removing this script. I get a lot of hackers trying to run this script. It looks like they are able to take control of your machine with this script. 

[TwinsX2Dad]

If you're running any recent implementation (1.01-1.06) of XML-RPC, this is absolutely not an issue. What you're interpreting as a 'hacker' is probably a remote function call originating from something you need. Removing it can limit your site's functionality.

XML-RPC is widely supported, with bindings for Python, Perl, Java, C, C++, Tcl, KDE, Zope, AppleScript, Unicode, Microsoft .NET, Ruby, Rebol, Delphi and other languages. If you have anything which needs to make remote process calls through XML, you're probably going to need it on your server.

[AVainberg]

Thank you for the answer. So far I do not think that I need remote procedure calls. I use only TP & SMF to my understanding there is no xmlrpc in TP. Also xmlrpc is not present in my folder. I just look in the error log files and I see 5-10 calls from IP address around the globe (PL, CZ, JP, USA) and I interpreted this calls to be from hackers. Maybe I am wrong.