Re: svchost.exe

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/20/03 

Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:36:08 -0700

That's the developer point of view. I was expressing the user/support
point of view. :-)

I don't mind svchost.exe working that way, so long as the dll that is
being run is the one identified by the system tools as the process that
owns a particular port. At the moment, we have no way of knowing with
Windows tools. This interferes with an understanding of the processes
listening on the network and compromises the goals of Trustworthy
Computing. 

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
"Ken Wickes [MSFT]" <kenwic@online.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:%23apVbIrZDHA.388@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> It's actually a way to run multiple services without sacrificing the
OS
> resources to support that many process.
>
> "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23dHwBWqZDHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > It's a utility to run dlls as stand-alone processes.  or ...
> >
> > It's a way to obscure the functionality assigned to a particular
open
> > network port. or ...
> >
> > It's a way to confuse the heck out of users when their firewall
keeps
> > telling them that some generic service application keeps wanting
> > Internet access. Enough already.
> >
> > >"Nelson Cid Loureiro Neto" <nelson_cid@hotmail.com> wrote
> > in message
> > >news:0d0a01c36653$9a670f70$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> > >What does svchost.exe do really do ?