Do not remember exactly what Registry keys/values are, but applications
that use Microsoft Cryptographic Providers do use Registry by default to
deal with cryptographic keys. I disable this "feature" in my apps to make
sure they during encryption/decryption they are kept in memory. Is it
possible that your SSH app has something of that nature going on?
ALEX
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Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 21:09:28 +0200
From: mrdizzz@xxxxxxxxx
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Applications polling
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal
Server\Compatibility\Applications excessively
In house..... can't contact devellopment. Is in tier IV. ... Isn't it so
that it should only check the key at program startup?
On 5/9/06, George Yobst < george.yobst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Then, yeah, 3 times a second is total overkill. I could see a program
> like Regmon needing to do that, but not a ssh program. Is it an
> in-house app, or can you contact the supplier?
>
> On 5/9/06, Michel Roth <mrdizzz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It's a port of an ssh program (putty)..... (can't mention the real
> name due
> > to legal reasons)
> >
> >
> > On 5/9/06, George Yobst < george.yobst@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> > >
> > What's the app?
> >
> > On 5/9/06, Michel Roth < mrdizzz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi List,
> > >
> > > I have an application that is polling
> > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> > > NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal
> > > Server\Compatibility\Applications\*application name* 3
> > > times per second.
> > >
> > > Note that there is not an entry in
> > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> > > NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal
> > > Server\Compatibility\Applications for the application in
> > > question. It does not matter if I provide it with a dummy registry
> key for
> > > that application, it just keeps on polling until the process is
> ended.
> > >
> > > My questions are
> > > * isn't polling the compatibility key 3 times per second a little
> much?
> > > * why is it polling that registry key (so much) in the first place ?
>
> > > * Do I need to put something in that key to keep it from polling it?
> If so
> > > what? (installing applications in application mode should take care
> of
> > > this?)
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for your help!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Michel Roth.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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