Re: [NSE] Improving performance for ssl-enum-ciphers

[Matt Selsky <selsky () columbia edu>]

On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Patrik Karlsson wrote:
> I've experimented a little with ssl-enum-ciphers lately and just changed
> the script to use worker threads instead of sequentially running all the
> cipher checks.
> As far as my quick tests show I'm seeing consistent results with the
> non-threaded version but at 10 times the speed.
> I'm attaching a patch for this change for anyone that would like to test
> this new version and would appreciate some feedback.


I've used this patch to scan a Solaris server running Apache and the scan went from 40s to 20s with the same results.

Thanks!
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