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. > _______________________________________________ > Nessus mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus > _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
