Hello, I'm having trouble understanding why the same scan task/target can take so long sometimes but not other times.
When I run a scan on one host using the default OpenVAS port list and the Fast and Full scan type, it can take as much as several hours or more to complete. I can see that the scan is not hung by checking the firewall log on the box being tested as well as doing a 'ps aux | grep openvas' on the OpenVAS host. Both tests indicate that OpenVAS is using the nmap plugin - It just takes sooo long. However sometimes running the same task again, finishes within 20 minutes. Running 'ps aux | grep openvas' returns in part: root 1947 0.0 1.6 166156 50072 ? S 14:05 0:00 openvassd: testing 10.10.1.130 (/var/lib/openvas/plugins/nmap.nasl) A good understanding of this behaviour would be great. Thanks in advance, Ted
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