That is under scan config and it was nmap setting, if i remember correctly
or portscanner settings.

You need to first clone scan config as you can't modify pre defined
settings.

Eero
13.11.2015 11.00 ip. "Randy Dover" <[email protected]> kirjoitti:

> Eero,
>
> Where can I set:
>
> Portscan
>
> Timing
>
>
>
> I’ve looked, but don’t see it.
>
>
>
> Randy Dover
> Vice President / Information Technology Officer
> *Cornerstone Community Bank*
> 6401 Lee Highway, Suite 119
> Chattanooga, TN 37421
> Telephone: 423-385-3010
> [email protected]
>
> [image: cid:[email protected]]
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
> Behalf Of *Eero Volotinen
> *Sent:* Friday, November 13, 2015 10:28 AM
> *To:* Randy Dover <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [Openvas-discuss] Very slow scans
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Consider alive means, that scan all host even they don't respond to ping
> (this like like a force scan all hosts). This slows scan down.
>
>
>
> Other settings that affect scan speed is of course port list. Another
> setting is portscan (nmap) timing and scan setup (connect scan on default)
> on scan config.
>
> Setting portscanning to syn scan and timing to aggressive gives much
> faster scan but also more load on targets.
>
>
>
> If you want to modify timing or portscanner config then you need to clone
> full and fast setup and then modify it.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Eero
>
>
>
> --
>
> Eero
>
>
>
> 2015-11-13 16:30 GMT+02:00 Randy Dover <[email protected]>:
>
> I recently got a new installation up and running (Thanks Eero!)
>
> Had been using version 6 for some time.
>
>
>
> I did one scan on Monday night and it took about 4.5 hours, not too out of
> the ordinary. This subnet has 12 computers, 4 network devices (ASA, Switch,
> Router, WAP) and 4 printers.
>
> Settings for Target were:
>
> All hosts on a subnet
>
> No hosts excluded
>
> Reverse lookup only: no
>
> Reverse lookup unify: no
>
> Port list: All IANA assigned TCP 2012-02-10
>
> Alive Test: Scan Config Default
>
> No credentials (Haven’t set them up yet)
>
>
>
> Settings for Schedule:
>
> Run at 21:00, EST
>
> Period 1 week (Every Monday)
>
>
>
> Settings for Task:
>
> Target: Set above
>
> Alerts: Email setup
>
> Schedule: Set above
>
> Add to assets: Yes (Don’t care, didn’t notice this, does it matter? Pros
> and cons?)
>
> Alterable task: No
>
> Scanner: OpenVAS Default
>
>             Scan Config: Full and fast
>
>             Slave:
>
>             Order for target hosts: Sequential
>
>             Network Source Interface:
>
>             Maximum concurrently executed NVTs per host: 4
>
>             Maximum concurrently scanned hosts: 20
>
>
>
> I setup another Target, Schedule and Task on another subnet. This subnet
> has 19 computers, 5 network devices and 5 printers.
>
> The only differences I see are:
>
> Target:
>
> Port List: All TCP
>
> Alive Test: Consider Alive (If there’s nothing for an IP, I don’t want it
> to be scanned and don’t want it to show up in a report, is this the correct
> setting?)
>
>
>
> Schedule:
>
> Same as above, except Tuesday
>
>
>
> Task:
>
> Same as above
>
>
>
> This second task has been running since Tuesday night at 21:00 hours, at
> the time I’m writing, that’s 60 hours and 20 minutes!!!
>
> There is supposed to be a way to stop the scan, by clicking the square
> stop button, but I don’t see that anywhere.
>
>
>
> I looked at the resources on the server:
>
> CPU is running at about 50% (I have 4, and all are between 35% and 60%)
>
> Memory is constant 42%, with swap at 0 (8gb installed)
>
> Network is running about 400 b/s with occasional spike
>
>
>
> Why are the scans taking so long? What settings should I correct? There
> are really only 2 changes from the scan that took about 4.5 hours and the
> one that has been running over 60 hours. A little bit of difference in the
> amount of endpoints, but nothing that should cause that much of a
> difference!
>
>
>
> Randy Dover
>
>
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