[Openvas-discuss] Openvas 6 Scan dies with : SIGSEGV occured !

2014-12-22 Thread Traiano Welcome
Hi List

My scans seem to begin then fail with internal error, using the Greenbone 
gsa. Scanning via a slave, the scan seems to begin fine, however shortly after 
running it dies with the following messages:

--
[Mon Dec 22 13:26:32 2014][14626] SIGSEGV occured !
[Mon Dec 22 13:26:32 2014][14626] closing logfile
[Mon Dec 22 13:26:32 2014][13469] Process 14626 seems to have died too early
--

I have openvas installed via yum on CentOS 6.5:

--
openvas-libraries-7.0.6-15.el6.art.x86_64
openvas-cli-1.3.1-6.el6.art.x86_64
openvas-manager-5.0.7-25.el6.art.x86_64
openvas-scanner-4.0.5-17.el6.art.x86_64
openvas-1.0-13.el6.art.noarch
---

I'd appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this issue!

Some log context from the slave:

---
[Mon Dec 22 13:25:56 2014][13446] openvassd 4.0.3 started

== openvasmd.log ==
lib  serv:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h26.10 utc:13452:Shook hands with peer.
lib  serv:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h26.10 utc:13452:Connected to server on 
socket 10.
lib  serv:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h26.10 utc:13452:Shook hands with peer.
base gpgme:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.10 UTC:13452: Setting GnuPG homedir to 
'/var/lib/openvas/gnupg'
base gpgme:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.10 UTC:13452: Using OpenPGP engine version 
'2.0.14'
event lsc_credential:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.10 UTC:13452: LSC Credential 
bf651651-d974-4bb7-855a-a695ae72d71f has been created by admin
event target:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.10 UTC:13452: Target 
881fbfbc-3e83-4a59-b114-27e214353fe9 has been created by admin
event config:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.11 UTC:13452: Scan config 
8056a4f1-e95e-410a-9998-4bf62215bd9f has been created by admin
event task:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.11 UTC:13452: Status of task  
(6d895a7f-ace7-4f39-a53e-098956dcca59) has changed to New
event task:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.11 UTC:13452: Task 
6d895a7f-ace7-4f39-a53e-098956dcca59 has been created by admin
event task:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.11 UTC:13452: Status of task 
50172e6b-ba89-4362-a222-3a10fa526cc9 (6d895a7f-ace7-4f39-a53e-098956dcca59) has 
changed to Requested
event task:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.12 UTC:13452: Task 
6d895a7f-ace7-4f39-a53e-098956dcca59 has been requested to start by admin
event task:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.14 UTC:13466: Status of task 
50172e6b-ba89-4362-a222-3a10fa526cc9 (6d895a7f-ace7-4f39-a53e-098956dcca59) has 
changed to Running

== openvassd.log ==
[Mon Dec 22 13:26:19 2014][13453] Starts a new scan. Target(s) : 
172.16.104.145, with max_hosts = 20 and max_checks = 4
[Mon Dec 22 13:26:19 2014][13453] Testing 172.16.104.145 
(:::172.16.104.145) [13469]
[Mon Dec 22 13:26:32 2014][14626] SIGSEGV occured !
[Mon Dec 22 13:26:32 2014][14626] closing logfile
[Mon Dec 22 13:26:32 2014][13469] Process 14626 seems to have died too early

== openvasmd.log ==
md   main:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h26.37 UTC:13452: report_severity: 
max(severity)=0.0
md   main:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h26.37 UTC:13452:command: /bin/sh 
/usr/share/openvas/openvasmd/global_report_formats/a994b278-1f62-11e1-96ac-406186ea4fc5/generate
 /tmp/openvasmd_HwR1GE/report.xml  /tmp/openvasmd_HwR1GE/report.out 2 
/dev/null
md   main:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h27.03 UTC:13452: report_severity: 
max(severity)=0.0
md   main:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h27.03 UTC:13452:command: /bin/sh 
/usr/share/openvas/openvasmd/global_report_formats/a994b278-1f62-11e1-96ac-406186ea4fc5/generate
 /tmp/openvasmd_3scjKd/report.xml  /tmp/openvasmd_3scjKd/report.out 2 
/dev/null
md   main:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h27.28 UTC:13452: report_severity: 
max(severity)=9.3
md   main:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h27.29 UTC:13452:command: /bin/sh 
/usr/share/openvas/openvasmd/global_report_formats/a994b278-1f62-11e1-96ac-406186ea4fc5/generate
 /tmp/openvasmd_LiNI0X/report.xml  /tmp/openvasmd_LiNI0X/report.out 2 
/dev/null
md   main:WARNING:2014-12-22 13h27.29 UTC:13452: read_from_client: failed to 
read from client: The TLS connection was non-properly terminated.
lib  serv:WARNING:2014-12-22 13h27.29 UTC:13452:Failed to gnutls_bye: Error 
in the push function.
---

Below is the output from running the  script:

openvas-check-setup 2.2.6
  Test completeness and readiness of OpenVAS-7
  (add '--v4', '--v5', '--v6' or '--v8'
   if you want to check for another OpenVAS version)

  Please report us any non-detected problems and
  help us to improve this check routine:
  http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss

  Send us the log-file (/tmp/openvas-check-setup.log) to help analyze the 
problem.

  Use the parameter --server to skip checks for client tools
  like GSD and OpenVAS-CLI.

Step 1: Checking OpenVAS Scanner ...
OK: OpenVAS Scanner is present in version 4.0.5.
OK: OpenVAS Scanner CA Certificate is present as 
/var/lib/openvas/CA/cacert.pem.
OK: NVT collection in /var/lib/openvas/plugins contains 37302 NVTs.
WARNING: Signature checking of NVTs is not enabled in OpenVAS Scanner.
SUGGEST: Enable signature checking (see 

Re: [Openvas-discuss] Openvas 6 Scan dies with : SIGSEGV occured !

2014-12-22 Thread Traiano Welcome
Some additional information:

The  scan seems to continue successfully on the slave, however the master 
openvas server shows the scan as failed with internal error.


-- Traiano


-Original Message-
From: Traiano Welcome 
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 8:16 PM
To: 'openvas-discuss@wald.intevation.org'
Subject: Openvas 6 Scan dies with : SIGSEGV occured ! 

Hi List

My scans seem to begin then fail with internal error, using the Greenbone 
gsa. Scanning via a slave, the scan seems to begin fine, however shortly after 
running it dies with the following messages:

--
[Mon Dec 22 13:26:32 2014][14626] SIGSEGV occured !
[Mon Dec 22 13:26:32 2014][14626] closing logfile [Mon Dec 22 13:26:32 
2014][13469] Process 14626 seems to have died too early
--

I have openvas installed via yum on CentOS 6.5:

--
openvas-libraries-7.0.6-15.el6.art.x86_64
openvas-cli-1.3.1-6.el6.art.x86_64
openvas-manager-5.0.7-25.el6.art.x86_64
openvas-scanner-4.0.5-17.el6.art.x86_64
openvas-1.0-13.el6.art.noarch
---

I'd appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this issue!

Some log context from the slave:

---
[Mon Dec 22 13:25:56 2014][13446] openvassd 4.0.3 started

== openvasmd.log ==
lib  serv:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h26.10 utc:13452:Shook hands with peer.
lib  serv:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h26.10 utc:13452:Connected to server on 
socket 10.
lib  serv:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h26.10 utc:13452:Shook hands with peer.
base gpgme:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.10 UTC:13452: Setting GnuPG homedir to 
'/var/lib/openvas/gnupg'
base gpgme:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.10 UTC:13452: Using OpenPGP engine version 
'2.0.14'
event lsc_credential:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.10 UTC:13452: LSC Credential 
bf651651-d974-4bb7-855a-a695ae72d71f has been created by admin event 
target:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.10 UTC:13452: Target 
881fbfbc-3e83-4a59-b114-27e214353fe9 has been created by admin event 
config:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.11 UTC:13452: Scan config 
8056a4f1-e95e-410a-9998-4bf62215bd9f has been created by admin event 
task:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.11 UTC:13452: Status of task  
(6d895a7f-ace7-4f39-a53e-098956dcca59) has changed to New event 
task:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.11 UTC:13452: Task 
6d895a7f-ace7-4f39-a53e-098956dcca59 has been created by admin event 
task:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.11 UTC:13452: Status of task 
50172e6b-ba89-4362-a222-3a10fa526cc9 (6d895a7f-ace7-4f39-a53e-098956dcca59) has 
changed to Requested event task:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.12 UTC:13452: Task 
6d895a7f-ace7-4f39-a53e-098956dcca59 has been requested to start by admin event 
task:MESSAGE:2014-12-22 13h26.14 UTC:13466: Status of task 50172e6b-
 ba89-4362-a222-3a10fa526cc9 (6d895a7f-ace7-4f39-a53e-098956dcca59) has changed 
to Running

== openvassd.log ==
[Mon Dec 22 13:26:19 2014][13453] Starts a new scan. Target(s) : 
172.16.104.145, with max_hosts = 20 and max_checks = 4 [Mon Dec 22 13:26:19 
2014][13453] Testing 172.16.104.145 (:::172.16.104.145) [13469] [Mon Dec 22 
13:26:32 2014][14626] SIGSEGV occured !
[Mon Dec 22 13:26:32 2014][14626] closing logfile [Mon Dec 22 13:26:32 
2014][13469] Process 14626 seems to have died too early

== openvasmd.log ==
md   main:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h26.37 UTC:13452: report_severity: 
max(severity)=0.0
md   main:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h26.37 UTC:13452:command: /bin/sh 
/usr/share/openvas/openvasmd/global_report_formats/a994b278-1f62-11e1-96ac-406186ea4fc5/generate
 /tmp/openvasmd_HwR1GE/report.xml  /tmp/openvasmd_HwR1GE/report.out 2 
/dev/null
md   main:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h27.03 UTC:13452: report_severity: 
max(severity)=0.0
md   main:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h27.03 UTC:13452:command: /bin/sh 
/usr/share/openvas/openvasmd/global_report_formats/a994b278-1f62-11e1-96ac-406186ea4fc5/generate
 /tmp/openvasmd_3scjKd/report.xml  /tmp/openvasmd_3scjKd/report.out 2 
/dev/null
md   main:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h27.28 UTC:13452: report_severity: 
max(severity)=9.3
md   main:  DEBUG:2014-12-22 13h27.29 UTC:13452:command: /bin/sh 
/usr/share/openvas/openvasmd/global_report_formats/a994b278-1f62-11e1-96ac-406186ea4fc5/generate
 /tmp/openvasmd_LiNI0X/report.xml  /tmp/openvasmd_LiNI0X/report.out 2 
/dev/null
md   main:WARNING:2014-12-22 13h27.29 UTC:13452: read_from_client: failed to 
read from client: The TLS connection was non-properly terminated.
lib  serv:WARNING:2014-12-22 13h27.29 UTC:13452:Failed to gnutls_bye: Error 
in the push function.
---

Below is the output from running the  script:

openvas-check-setup 2.2.6
  Test completeness and readiness of OpenVAS-7
  (add '--v4', '--v5', '--v6' or '--v8'
   if you want to check for another OpenVAS version)

  Please report us any non-detected problems and
  help us to improve this check routine:
  http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss

  Send us the log-file (/tmp/openvas-check-setup.log) to help analyze the 
problem.

  Use the parameter --server to skip checks for client tools
  like GSD and OpenVAS-CLI.

Step 1: Checking OpenVAS Scanner

Re: [Openvas-discuss] False Positives: GNU Bash Environment Variable Handling Shell RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2014-6277)

2014-10-28 Thread Traiano Welcome
Hi

 Any ideas on this at all ?



-Original Message-
From: Traiano Welcome 
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2014 4:52 PM
To: openvas-discuss@wald.intevation.org
Subject: False Positives: GNU Bash Environment Variable Handling Shell RCE 
Vulnerability (CVE-2014-6277)

Hi All

I'm currently testing for false positives in openvas NVTs, and one I get 
frequently is for the shellshocker vulnerability (CVE-2014-6277). However, 
when I apply the manual vulnerability confirmation checks against  bash I get a 
confirmation that the vulnerability does not in fact exist, for example:

---
[root@lol-dev-hdpmn munin]#  env 'x=() { :;}; echo vulnerable' 
'BASH_FUNC_x()=() { :;}; echo vulnerable' bash -c echo test
bash: warning: x: ignoring function definition attempt
bash: error importing function definition for `BASH_FUNC_x'
test
---

Is this an issue with the NVT, or OpenVAS scanning mechanism? What approach 
could I use to debug this further?

Here are some details of the target system and the scan report from OpenVAS GSA:

Linux distro: CentOS release 6.5 (Final) Bash version: GNU bash, version 4.1.2 
Scan NVT details: 

---
Name:   GNU Bash Environment Variable Handling Shell RCE Vulnerability (LSC) - 
04
Config:
Family: General
OID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802086
Version:$Revision: 739 $
Notes:  0
Overrides:  0
Summary

This host is installed with GNU Bash Shell and is prone to remote command 
execution vulnerability.
Affected Software/OS

GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026
Vulnerability Scoring
CVSS base:
10.0
CVSS base vector:   AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Insight

GNU bash contains a flaw that is triggered when evaluating environment 
variables passed from another environment. After processing a function 
definition, bash continues to process trailing strings. Incomplete fix to 
CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-6271 Vulnerability Detection Method

Login to the target machine with ssh credentials and check its possible to 
execute the commands via GNU bash shell.
Impact

Successful exploitation will allow remote or local attackers to inject shell 
commmands, allowing local privilege escalation or remote command execution 
depending on the application vector.

Impact Level: System/Application
Solution

No solution or patch is available as of 8th October, 2014. Information 
regarding this issue will be updated once the solution details are available, 
For updates contact vendor or refer to http://www.gnu.org/software/bash 
References
CVE:CVE-2014-6277
BID:70165
CERT:   DFN-CERT-2014-1258
Other:  http://osvdb.com/112158
https://shellshocker.net

http://lcamtuf.blogspot.in/2014/09/bash-bug-apply-unofficial-patch-now.html
---


I've used a set of tests from redhat's site to confirm if the target system is 
vulnerable:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/1200223

Thanks in advance,
Traiano

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[Openvas-discuss] ERROR: OpenVAS Scanner too old or too new: 4.0.1

2014-10-18 Thread Traiano Welcome
Hi All

I used the following process for installing openvas 6 on centos 6.5:

--
# wget -q -O - http://www.atomicorp.com/installers/atomic |sh
# yum install openvas
# openvas-setup
# openvas-certdata-sync
# openvasmd --rebuild
# openvasmd
--

However, when I run  openvas-check-setup I get this report:

---
openvas-check-setup 2.2.1
  Test completeness and readiness of OpenVAS-6
  (add '--v4', '--v5' or '--v7'
   if you want to check for another OpenVAS version)

  Please report us any non-detected problems and
  help us to improve this check routine:
  http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss

  Send us the log-file (/tmp/openvas-check-setup.log) to help analyze the 
problem.

  Use the parameter --server to skip checks for client tools
  like GSD and OpenVAS-CLI.

Step 1: Checking OpenVAS Scanner ...
ERROR: OpenVAS Scanner too old or too new: 4.0.3
FIX: Please install OpenVAS Scanner 3.4.

 ERROR: Your OpenVAS-6 installation is not yet complete!
---

As far as I can tell, OpenVAS has been installed from the atomic repos:

---
[root@]# rpm -qa | grep openvas
openvas-scanner-4.0.3-15.el6.art.x86_64
openvas-1.0-13.el6.art.noarch
openvas-libraries-7.0.4-13.el6.art.x86_64
openvas-cli-1.3.0-5.el6.art.x86_64
openvas-manager-5.0.4-22.el6.art.x86_64
---

Here is the installation log:
---
openvas-check-setup 2.2.1
  Mode:  desktop
  Date:  Sat, 18 Oct 2014 17:53:21 +0300

Checking for old OpenVAS Scanner = 2.0 ...
/usr/bin/openvas-check-setup: line 171: openvasd: command not found

Checking presence of OpenVAS Scanner ...
OpenVAS Scanner 4.0.3
Nessus origin: (C) 2004 Renaud Deraison derai...@nessus.org
Most new code since OpenVAS: (C) 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH
License GPLv2: GNU GPL version 2
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Checking OpenVAS Scanner version ...
ERROR: OpenVAS Scanner too old or too new: 4.0.3
FIX: Please install OpenVAS Scanner 3.4.
---

How can I fix this?

Many thanks in advance,
Traiano

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[Openvas-discuss] Scan on Slave dies at 3% consistently on Master, but Still continues on Slave

2014-10-18 Thread Traiano Welcome
Hi All

[Using openVAS 6, installed from the atomic repos. On CentOS 6.5]

I'm running a scan initiated from a master node to a slave node. From the 
masters perspective the scan seems to die at 3% consistently, with the 
following messages in the master's logs. However, the scan continues on the 
slave!

Master openvasmd.log entries related to the scan task:

---
event task:MESSAGE:2014-10-18 14h13.00 UTC:4086: Status of task 
scan-range-192.168.0 (x--xxx-x) has changed to Requested
event task:MESSAGE:2014-10-18 14h13.00 UTC:4086: Task x--xxx-x has 
been requested to start by admin
event task:MESSAGE:2014-10-18 14h13.27 UTC:4088: Status of task 
scan-range-192.168.0 (x--xxx-x) has changed to Running
event task:MESSAGE:2014-10-18 14h33.05 UTC:4088: Status of task 
scan-range-192.168.0 (x--xxx-x) has changed to Internal Error
md   main:CRITICAL:2014-10-18 15h05.13 UTC:5192: handle_sigsegv: segmentation 
fault
---

Traces from log on slave at around this time:

---
== /var/log/openvas/openvasmd.log ==
.
.
md   main:WARNING:2014-10-18 14h34.43 UTC:16730: read_from_client: failed to 
read from client: The TLS connection was non-properly terminated.
lib  serv:WARNING:2014-10-18 14h34.43 UTC:16730:Failed to gnutls_bye: Error 
in the push function.
---

And there appear to be regular SIGSEGV errors in the openvassd logs on the 
slave during the scan process:

---
[Sat Oct 18 14:35:19 2014][20293] SIGSEGV occured !
[Sat Oct 18 14:35:19 2014][20293] closing logfile
[Sat Oct 18 14:35:19 2014][22681] Process 20293 seems to have died too early
---

Is there a known cause for this kind of behavior, and how would I go about 
troubleshooting this further?

Thanks in advance!
Traiano

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Re: [Openvas-discuss] ERROR: OpenVAS Scanner too old or too new: 4.0.1

2014-10-18 Thread Traiano Welcome



From: eero.t.voloti...@gmail.com [mailto:eero.t.voloti...@gmail.com] On 
Behalf Of Eero Volotinen
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 6:21 PM
To: Traiano Welcome
Cc: openvas-discuss@wald.intevation.org
Subject: Re: [Openvas-discuss] ERROR: OpenVAS Scanner too old or too new: 
4.0.1


2014-10-18 18:01 GMT+03:00 Traiano Welcome traiano.welc...@alshaya.com:
Hi All

I used the following process for installing openvas 6 on centos 6.5:

--
# wget -q -O - http://www.atomicorp.com/installers/atomic |sh
# yum install openvas
# openvas-setup
# openvas-certdata-sync
# openvasmd --rebuild
# openvasmd
--

However, when I run  openvas-check-setup I get this report:



download latest version of script from: 
https://svn.wald.intevation.org/svn/openvas/trunk/tools/openvas-check-setup 
and run it with parameters -v7


Thanks, Eero! Seems to pass with all Ok now ...


--
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[Openvas-discuss] Task started via the CLI silently refuses to run

2014-10-18 Thread Traiano Welcome
Hi List

I've preconfigured targets and tasks for openvas using the gsad, and tested 
scanning via the gsad. Now I'd like to kick off a scan using the openvas-cli 
tool with something like:

---
openvas-cli -v -u admin_user -w password -S task uuid
---

Getting the task uuid and status is easy (clear from the documentation):

---
[root@openvas-mstr openvas]# openvas-cli -u admin -w admin -G| grep New| head -1
xx--z--xx  New  scan-range-192.168.0
---

However, when I try to kick off the task like this:

---
[root@openvas-mstr openvas]#
[root@openvas-mstr openvas]# openvas-cli -v -u  -w  -S 
xx--z--xx
---

... There's no output (even when using the verbose flag), and the status of the 
task is unchanged:

---
[root@openvas-mstr openvas]# openvas-cli -u admin -w admin -G| grep New| head -1
xx--z--xx  New  scan-range-192.168.0
---

I've upped the loglevel parameter in openvasmd_log.conf to 255, however I don't 
see any messages around this particular uuid in the logs
when I start the task via the cli.

However, when I start the task via gsad, I can see the task  transition to 
running in the logs:

---
[root@openvas-mstr openvas]# tail -f /var/log/openvas/openvasmd.log| grep 
xx--z--xx
event task:MESSAGE:2014-10-18 16h15.31 UTC:6476: Status of task 
scan-range-192.168.0 (xx--z--xx) has changed to Requested
event task:MESSAGE:2014-10-18 16h15.31 UTC:6476: Task 
xx--z--xx has been requested to start by admin
event task:MESSAGE:2014-10-18 16h15.58 UTC:6478: Status of task 
scan-range-192.168.0 (xx--z--xx) has changed to Running
---

Am I going about launching the task from the CLI the right way? If so, how 
would I debug this further?

Thanks,
Traiano
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[Openvas-discuss] OpenVAS OMP CLI Examples :Comprehensive Configuration Guide/Tutorial?

2014-10-13 Thread Traiano Welcome
Hi

Is there a through guide or tutorial on how to configure and use OMP via the 
cli ?

The scattered examples on the net are mostly outdated and incomplete, and the 
documentation on this is pretty thin on actual working examples.

Thanks in advance!
Traiano

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[Openvas-discuss] OpenVAS Scan of a single IP address generates load averages of 5

2014-08-09 Thread Traiano Welcome
Hi List

I've installed OpenVAS 7 on a single Ubuntu 14.04 EC2 instance (64bit , 
m3.large) in AWS's cloud, with default settings and no tuning.
As an initial test, I've run a default scan against a single IP. The scan 
takes longer than 30 minutes to complete, and during this time the load average 
of the VM varies from 5 to 8 with up to 10 openvassd processes running 
concurrently.

I've tested this on multiple instances and consistently get the same behavior. 
My question is: Is there some kind of tuning I can do to reduce the load of 
scanning a single system, without compromising too much on the 
comprehensiveness of the scan?

Also, is there some way of gauging the kind of load I should expect to see 
using OpenVAS as a scanner on linux?

Thanks in advance,
Traiano





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Retail Division
P.O.Box 181, Safat 13002, Kuwait
Phone:  (965) 22080110; Fax:  (965) 2224 2488
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