Hi, As I am curious too I will add my findings. I have set up nessus to scan single one IP address for single one port (23), with all plugins and all other stuff turned off. Even with this minimal setting I can see lot of data going out to the scan target. I have captured about 130-150 packets going to and from various ports (ftp,http etc.)
The scan takes 35 seconds to complete, target box is on LAN. Thanks, P On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Ron Gula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm looking at using Nessus for some general port scanning, so that i can > > have all results consolidated in Security Center. I really want to limit > > scanning to a port or 2, and limit the hosts to just a handful at a time, > > to limit network traffic during the scan. > > > > My initial testing seemed to indicate that it was taking about a minute > > and a half per IP. That was much longer than I expected. I was checking > > for 2 open ports, 2 IPs at a time, no plugins running, all on a LAN, SYN > > scan. > > > > Wondering if it's a case of using the wrong tool, or if there are > > additional settings/tweaks I should consider. Any input appreciated. > > > > Hi Mike, > > We're you performing the test under SC3 or under a Nessus Client? > > If you limited the scanned ports to just two ports, the scan should not > have taken that long. I'm curious if you had any other plugins enabled > such as service fingerprinting. > > Ron Gula > _______________________________________________ > Nessus mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus >
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