Hi everyone, scanning a whole Class-C network brings openvasmd up to 99% CPU usage. Forked openvassd processes are niced to 30, otherwise the system can't be stopped anymore, while nothing else as openvas is running on the machine.
Do you have similar experiences or recommendations how to proceed with whole Class-C network scans? BTW: scanning a single host just performs as expected, but how do I add multiple hosts (like 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2, etc)? Versions: ------------- OpenSuSe v13.1 with: gsa v4.0.1-4.1.3 gsd v1.2.2-34.1.2 libopenvas v6.0.0-2.1.3 libopenvas-devel v6.0.0-2.1.3 libopenvas_base6 v6.0.0-2.1.3 libopenvas_hg6 v6.0.0-2.1.3 libopenvas_misc6 v6.0.0-2.1.3 libopenvas_nasl6 v6.0.0-2.1.3 libopenvas_omp6 v6.0.0-2.1.3 openvas-administrator v1.3.0-3.1.3 openvas-cli v1.2.0-2.1.3 openvas-manager v4.0.2-6.1.3 openvas-scanner v3.4.0-4.1.3 openvas-scanner-debuginfo v3.4.0-11.3 openvas-scanner-debugsource v3.4.0-11.3 nmap v6.40-2.1.3 Config: ---------- (openvas) #/etc/openvas/openvassd.conf be_nice = yes dumpfile = /dev/null optimize_test = yes safe_checks = yes auto_enable_dependencies = yes # Just 11265 plugin feeds selected for that scan # All IANA assigned ports # No Auto-Refresh (system) # tuned TCP and system performance Machine: ------------- Intel 6 Pentium w. 1.6Ghz, 750MB RAM, 2GB Swap TIA, Waldläufer _______________________________________________ Openvas-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss
