I had a similar problem scanning hosts that were firewalled. I disabled the TCP Connect scan and the performance improved considerably.
-Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Not Available" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:24 AM Subject: Extreme slowness: honeypots? > Hi guys, > > this time it's happening something quite strange... I ran my usual > configuration to a range of 8 IPs, over the Internet. I don't remind having > changed any scan options, nor plugins (I may also have forgotten to upgrade > them... :-( ) > So, I only changed my target from my last scan, leaving the rest alone. > The problem is: usually, it takes 4 - 6 hours to get through. Now, my scan > has been running for three days ant it's not over yet! > I suspect there could be some kind of honeypot at my target's site... > > Anybody every met such issue? > > Thanks > > NA > _______________________________________________ > Nessus mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
