> My question is: if one just forgets the overriding of plugins but instead > runs a number of nessusd > deamons each with a separate plugin directory > (if one has a number of machines to test, and each with a different list of > plugins), would > there be any negative fall-outs? I can see a definite gain in speed in the > above.
>Is the performance gain that significant? Such an approach seems like a >nightmare -- not only to use but also to maintain. Well, roughly, I may not be 100% accurate here as I am talking only from a feel angle ---- for a single IP address tested over a 10 Mbps Ethernet where you are using say 50 to 100 plugins -- may be even more --- , the approach using overriding with .nessusrc takes 4 or 5 times more than the approach where you have a separate plugin directory with only those plugins. I havent checked on the maintenance angle as also if there are other issues, but my feel is that one can get the raw power of nessusd using this approach, and this power gets diluted due to lots of to and fro communication when one overrides plugins using .nessusrc :-) regards, Samir
