On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:35:58 +0100 "Kevin Mc Grath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Typically I use the Nessus Server/Client setup. However today I must > use the stand-alone Windows version. I was unable to locate the "tcp > port scanner" (plugin ID: 10335) in the Windows version IIRC, this plugin is not part of the Windows version, as it would be horribly slow. 1. Windows XP SP2 limits the number of half open connections => parallelism would be greatly reduced, which has an impact on firewalled machines. 2. Windows IP stack retransmits SYN packets when it receives a RST! >From the scanner point of view, it would seem that the RTT to a target on your LAN is ~ 2 s, which would once again result in horrible performances. So, use the SYN scanner. _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
