On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 11:26:54AM +0200, Michel Arboi wrote:
> Ideally, when the network is temporaly down, we should suspend the
> tests until it goes up again. SOmething to do here?
Please ! Yes, you need a working network to do a network security
audit. If it goes down, your audit is incomplete. Is it the job of
Nessus to workaround broken network configurations ? No. What's next ?
Making sure the routes are right ?
> function open_sock_retry(port, count)
Rejected. That will slow down everything for people who actually read
the documentation and know how to configure Nessus.
Basically, there are two important parameters when doing a test:
1. The number of hosts tested in parallel
2. The number of checks performed at the same time
The higher (1) and (2) are, the more bandwidth you use. The higher
(2) is, the higher the load is on the remote host.
People having problems should simply reduce these parameters.
-- Renaud
