[python-win32] unusual network load when querying a remote registry over wmi

Eli Sandler Eli.Sandler at vanadium-soft.com
Thu Feb 4 13:10:37 CET 2010


> However I can't see any particular reason why each new query should
> contain
> all the previous ones. Can you show an example of your network trace?
> 
> TJG

Here a sample of the captured stream, from somewhere at the relative beginning.


%......
......'`.......=.W................5.....#M..Y.........User
.......
...S.t.d.R.e.g.P.r.o.v.User............G.e.t.S.t.r.i.n.g.V.a.l.u.e.............{...{...MEOW.........s...M...K.$...E:........K.$....K...xV4.C.....EXCHANGE-SER..ROOT\Default...................................................
..........................*...........C....................o...|....__PARAMETERS..abstract....................hDefKey..uint32...................
........3....IN...................
........3...Z...........ID...............)...
............Z........................uint32....................sSubKeyName..string...................
.............IN...................
........................ID...............)...
........z..............?.............string....................sValueName..string...................
.............in...................
........................ID...............)...
........0............................string..SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AddressBook..DisplayName..SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Branding..DisplayName..SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Connection Manager..DisplayName..SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\DirectAnimation..DisplayName..SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\DirectDrawEx..DisplayName..SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\DXM_Runtime..DisplayName..SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\F95DE19F-CF69-4b03-81B6-9EC050D20D3B..DisplayName ...

As you can see the string at the end contains the previous strings.

Any idea will be welcome.

Eliyauh Sandler


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