This will help the system under test handle the scan more reliably, but I don't think it will significantly reduce the bandwidth utilization on the network. But someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Dion > -----Original Message----- > From: Georges Dagousset [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 1:13 PM > To: Dion Stempfley; nessus > Subject: Re: how to slow down nessus > > > You can use also: > Time to wait for between two tests against the same port, in > seconds (to be > inetd friendly) : > delay_between_tests = 1 > > > Georges > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dion Stempfley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "nessus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:27 PM > Subject: RE: how to slow down nessus > > > > Drop the number of threads, and the number of simultaneous > attacks against > > each host. > > > > This should throttle the bandwidth utilization. > > > > Dion > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jeff Ryan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 1:26 PM > > > To: nessus > > > Subject: how to slow down nessus > > > > > > > > > > > > HI - > > > > > > I want to scan some bandwidth sensitive hosts, > > > and I'd like nessus to take it a little slow. > > > Any advice from anyone ? > > > > > > I looked through the archives but didn't see > > > any ideas on this. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Jeff > > > >
