Thanks for clearing that up!

On 10/30/07, Michel Arboi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
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