Is this really the case? One machine as a scanner and a client cannot scan more than one host simultaneously without missing pretty big deals like open ports?
I'm running a single core duo with 4 gigs of RAM and FreeBSD 6.*, and the latest version of the server and client. I routinely scan up to 4 hosts simultaneously....am I trusting something to work that actually isn't? On Dec 12, 2007, at 3:26 PM, darko g wrote: > Whats your setup? Just one machine as a scanner & client? not gonna > cut it. you need to distribute it. > > > On Dec 12, 2007 2:52 PM, Steve Templists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've been a nessus user for years, but I have getting horrible >> results >> recently when scanning more than one host at a time. >> >> When scanning multiple hosts, the scanner will completely miss open >> ports, >> or it will see the port as open during the port scan, but then >> report that >> the port "was open but is now closed". I have had this problem on >> numerous >> installations recently, all using the latest rpm for suse 10 and >> the latest >> nessus-client version. The scans I am performing are using the >> default scan >> policy, the default port range, and the default scan options. >> >> If I scan one host at a time I get "more reliable" results. >> Although I'm >> questioning any results I get. And scanning a class C is very time >> consuming when starting one host at a time. >> >> Not sure if anyone else has had issues and/or has any ideas. >> >> Oh, and my hardware is new too so I don't think its a processor/ >> memory >> problem. >> >> Thanks for any feedback. I sure hope I'm missing something easy. >> _______________________________________________ >> Nessus mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus >> > > > > -- > cheers, > dg > _______________________________________________ > Nessus mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
