Am Dienstag, 11. Oktober 2016, 11:51:13 schrieb tatooin:
> I'm using OpenVAS to scan large networks using default scan profiles. So
> far so good. However, at some points during the scan, the system becomes
> unresponsive, while OpenVAS keeps running and scanning. So the system
> works, but very very very slowly until the scan finish.
> 
> Sometimes I can't even ssh into the system anymore. When this happens,
> if I run a top command; while the command takes ages to succeed, it
> doesn't show any particular overload. CPU and memory consumption are
> perfectly normal, and actually even low.
> 
> So I suspect a problem of buffer; probably network buffers since this
> happens only when scanning large networks (/22 or above).
> 
> Is there any /proc settings I could tweak to fix the issue ? I'm using
> Openvas on kali linux.

Usually if shell the commands take very long, you see 100% CPU loads.
Maybe your disk IO?

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