On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 12:04:13PM -0500, Mike Schmidt wrote:
>
> Is there any way to configure a delay between the running of each check? I
> am running Nessus 1.2.7 against a Win2K host and can reliably crash several
> services (Compaq Insight Web Management Agent & Surveyor, and Oracle
> services) with Safe Checks enabled, SSL service discovery turned off, and
> only plugins of ACT_GATHER_INFO, ACT_ATTCK & ACT_MIXED_ATTACK enabled. I
> can run the scan with max_checks set to 1, but I would like to delay the
> running of each check for 5-10 seconds to better enable me to identify the
> plugin that is crashing the services.
> I thought delay_between_tests was the answer, but that only applies to
> tests run against the same port.
Edit nessus-core/nessusd/attack.c and add, in the function
launch_plugin, at line 208 :
sleep(10);
The recompile nessusd, and run the check with only one plugin in
parallel.
-- Renaud
