Although inconclusive, some screen caps of Task Manager seems to show a dramatic reduction in many of the peaks with the service turned on. It's hard to tell the exact impact due to the virus scanners not always being called, and SKIPIFWEIGHT settings disabling a mountain of custom Declude filters which both are processor hogs, but the smaller peaks. I believe the following before and after screen caps are representative of the impact (I looked for similar E-mail hit frequencies):
Before http://www.mailpure.com/no_service.gif
After (with service) http://www.mailpure.com/service.gif
The real test will have to wait for rush hour though.
Thanks,
Matt
Pete McNeil wrote:
The service definition takes care of the persistence. Your Declude config should not be changed.
_M
At 01:05 AM 3/19/2004, you wrote:
I'm going to give this one a try right now since I have the Resource Kit installed already. Just one question...do I need to change the arguments in my Declude config, or will the service definition take care of the 'persistence'?
Thanks,
Matt
Bill Boebel wrote:
We've been using svrany for years with several custom applications and it
works great. This utility has been around since the NT4 Resource Kit...
http://www.pyeung.com/pages/win2k/userdefinedservice.html
Bill
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 12:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [sniffer] RunExeSvc for Persistent sniffer.
Hello folks,
We've been continuing to test the new persistence enabled sniffer engine
and some utilities that will allow it to run as a service.
We found a free utility that seems to be very solid, and very simple.
http://www.judoscript.com/goodies/RunExeSvc/runexesvc.html
One of the scripts we used is:
debug=false cmdline=c:\Projects\sniffer2-3\TestBed\snfrv2r2.exe xnk05x5vmipeaof7 persistent home=c:\Projects\sniffer2-3\TestBed
(Note: The mismatch between the sniffer2-3 directory and the snfrv2r2.exe
is not a type-o. We re-branded the 2-3 to use the snfrv2r2 license in our
example - it was easier that than creating a new license. Note also that
the cmdline parameter includes the full path to the executable - you will
need to do this also. We could not get the service to start on our NT test
bed without including the full path to the .exe)
We've tested this on our XP based Toshiba laptop, and on our NT4 based
IMail test bed. Both seem to setup and work fine. Auto-start works fine, so
does logging out and logging in.
Once you've set up a persistent sniffer instance as a service, go into your
services control panel (usually via administrative tools), set the service
to start automatically, and start it.
A window will appear for the program - do not close the window! Minimize it.
When you log out sniffer will continue to run in the background. When you
log in the window will be visible again - it's harmless. If you close it
though you will have ended the sniffer.exe out from under the service. This
won't cause you any trouble, but you won't get the benefit of the
persistent server until you stop and start the service again to relaunch
the program.
Using RunExeSvc, the actual service is the RunExeSvc program. That program
launches sniffer as a client and stands in as a service stub for your OS.
You can use this to run all sorts of things... The developer uses it to run
Java based web servers, for example.
Eventually we will build a win32 service version of Message Sniffer, but
for now this is the fastest way we can bring you the features you need.
Please give this a try and let us know how it works for you.
If you find a different utility that you like better then please let us know.
Thanks! _M
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