What does Windows error code 1763 (RPC_S_INVALID_NAF_ID) mean?

 
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RPC_S_INVALID_NAF_ID

The network address family is an RPC transport attribute

RPC_S_INVALID_NAF_ID refers to the network address family used by the RPC transport model. DCE RPC protocol sequences combine RPC protocol, transport protocol, and network protocol characteristics; internal and management operations can identify the related network address family.

The status should not be interpreted as an invalid IP address string. Microsoft RPC already has a separate RPC_S_INVALID_NET_ADDR status for malformed network-address components in a binding.

What to inspect

  • Trace the protocol sequence and API that produced the network address family identifier.
  • When using portable DCE RPC abstractions or custom wrappers, verify that address-family constants from another implementation are not passed into Microsoft RPC.
  • Do not cast Winsock AF_* values into undocumented RPC fields unless the API explicitly defines that contract.
  • Use RPC protocol-sequence enumeration and validation APIs instead of reconstructing internal transport metadata.

This is a local RPC transport-description problem. Endpoint reachability and DNS resolution are not the first places to look.

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