There's a global setting for plugin timeout, I think it's under the Global Variable settings... As for the timeouts, it really depends on the plugin and the network. Could be a host crashes/shuts down/disconnects during the scan. Or an IPS is preventing the scan from completing. Or the target has "issues", :)
-------- Jeff Mercer - CISO - Security Vulnerability Assessments >-----Original Message----- >From: nessus-boun...@list.nessus.org >[mailto:nessus-boun...@list.nessus.org] On Behalf Of Stevens, Christian >Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:50 AM >To: nessus@list.nessus.org >Subject: Deceased .nasl scripts > >I am receiving "slow to finish in 120 sec. against <host>" in my scan >log file. The hosts in question are local to the scanner and >are not any >specific class of script. It appears about 400 out of 24000+ scripts >return this message. What settings should I adjust - or should >I look at >local issues such as LAN congestion or host processor utilization? >Thorough checks are turned off. >Can I adjust script time-outs? > >Thanks, >Chris Stevens > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Nessus mailing list >Nessus@list.nessus.org >http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus > _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list Nessus@list.nessus.org http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
