Hmm, MOST modern companies (fortune 500/1000) DO actually use client/server configurations. This is not a /flame to your post, just and FYI (For Your Information) as all sites I have been to would opt for a client/server config not only for convenience but as stated below "client/server induces very little overhead" not to mention convenience for administrators that have deployed multiple nessus servers all over different segments of their company.
Just my .02cents Michael A. Hernandez Sr. Security Engineer 120 E. Marks St. Suite 225 Orlando, FL 32803 (407) 992.8006 (office) (407) 649.1407 (fax) http://www.csisoft.com -----Original Message----- From: Renaud Deraison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 8:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Can we do without a client? On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 01:09:19PM +0000, Ashutosh Naik wrote: > I dont think most modern organisations run the server and client on > different machines anyway. This is a new one. Anyway, the client - server communication induces very little overhead, except when the client logs in. The communication protocol uses little CPU, and if you want to save CPU cycles, you can always compile nessusd and the client so that they use a unix socket and therefore don't use SSL nor TCP/IP. ./configure --enable-unix-socket=/usr/local/var/nessus/nessusd.socket -- Renaud _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
