On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:05:31 +0100 teknet8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When i scan my whole network (16 networks, each class C) during network > scanning hundreds of packets per second are being sent. My pix > firewalls have 98% cpu. Scanning through a firewall is not a good idea. You might overload & crash it, or it might drop some connections to protect the targets, giving you an incomplete result. > Can i in any way make network scanning slower ? With Nessus 3.1, you can limit the number of open connections by setting "global.max_simult_tcp_sessions http://blog.tenablesecurity.com/2007/02/nessus_32_beta_.html _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
