Been there, done that, not so easy as it sounds. See these repos with tools I created to analyze w3af performance issues:
https://github.com/andresriancho/collector/ https://github.com/andresriancho/w3af-performance-analysis/ You (and anyone else on the list) is more than welcome to run these tools, collect memory usage data and help me find the problem :) On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Andrew King <aking1012....@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's a thought... Install some memory dumping tool and dump the process > memory to see what is actually in it? Might be faster than trial and error > and looking at each individual plugin and whittling away at features. > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 6:51 AM, Vojtěch Polášek <krec...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> okay and can I offer any help with this? I have chosen W3AF as part of >> my bachelor thesis and this presents a big problem for me, because I >> can't test the provided application. Offcourse this is not the only >> reason. >> Best regards, >> Vojta >> >> >> Dne 8.1.2016 v 12:41 Andres Riancho napsal(a): >> > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 6:40 AM, Vojtěch Polášek <krec...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> Greetings, >> >> I am testing a web application with lots of Javascript with W3AF. I use >> >> spider_man to gather starting information and I use almost all audit >> >> plugins but no other crawling plugins. >> >> I browsed just through two pages and submitted one form with spider_man >> >> to get some starting data. >> >> Unfortunatelly W3AF scans the application for terribly long time. It >> >> goes from for example 300 requests per minute to 10 per minute and >> >> still >> >> going lower. >> >> When I press enter during scanning it is showing still the same >> >> crawling >> >> and auditing url, just the number of requests is dropping. >> >> I can post you some more information about used plugins if you need it. >> >> Why is this happening? >> > I've seen this issue too, not sure why it happens, might be related >> > with [0] but I'm unsure. >> > >> > [0] https://github.com/andresriancho/w3af/issues/12505 >> > >> >> Thanks and best regards, >> >> Vojta >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> W3af-users mailing list >> >> W3af-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/w3af-users >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> W3af-users mailing list >> W3af-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/w3af-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > W3af-users mailing list > W3af-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/w3af-users > -- Andrés Riancho Project Leader at w3af - http://w3af.org/ Web Application Attack and Audit Framework Twitter: @w3af GPG: 0x93C344F3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ W3af-users mailing list W3af-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/w3af-users
