try attaching strace to nmap.nasl process like this

strace -f -p PID-of-process with root account.

Eero

2017-01-16 12:02 GMT+02:00 <[email protected]>:

> Hi all!
>
>
>
> from long time ago in our company we use OpenVAS. Since few months we have
> many different problems with this software.
>
>
>
> LONG SCAN
>
> Last time when we use OpenVAS it was scan longer than usually. Generally
> we set up scans on the same settings, but I noticed, that time needed for
> scan per one host is sometimes 3 times longer than in other environment.
> Does someone have the same problem?
>
>
>
> SCAN STUCK
>
> In some cases scan suddently stuck, I mean that when we check running
> processes when scan is running (by ps aux | grep openvas) system displays,
> something like that:
>
> testing xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (/var/lib/openvas/plugins/nmap.nasl)
>
>
>
> It's very strange, because when I use tcpdump to check, that my machine
> scan xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address, there is no traffic to this host.
>
>
>
> DEMAND FOR A LOT OF CPU CORES
>
> Some time ago when I used laptop with dual core CPU it was overheat, I
> loose a control for him (no response for almost 15 minutes). When I
> retrieve access to the machine, for long term [FONT=Courier New]top[/FONT]
> process display CPU load for almost 16 cores. I suspect, that the reason of
> this situation was a low CPU clock rate.
>
>
>
>
>
> Does anyone have any idea to solve above issues?
>
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>
>
> Best regards
>
>
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