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Desired improvements in Nmap performance?
From: David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:24:59 -0700
I'm starting a project to improve Nmap's performance and the predictability of the length of its scans. This may involve tuning performance parameters, adjusting the congestion control mechanism, or other things not thought of yet. What complaints do you have about Nmap's performance? One thing I have heard is that for very large scans Nmap may be too slow, or the time taken may be too unpredictable. One possible improvement is I've identified is that sometimes scan delay kicks in when I don't think it should. If a scan has just started and I see the scan delay go from 0 to 5 ms I'm likely to kill the scan and start it over. Write back with possibilities you see for improvement. I'd like any changes we make to be in response to actual user concerns. David Fifield _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://SecLists.Org
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- Desired improvements in Nmap performance? David Fifield (Nov 30)
- Re: Desired improvements in Nmap performance? sara fink (Dec 01)
- Re: Desired improvements in Nmap performance? DePriest, Jason R. (Dec 01)
- Re: Desired improvements in Nmap performance? Brandon Enright (Dec 02)
- Re: Desired improvements in Nmap performance? [SCAN BUDDIES] Brandon Enright (Dec 02)
- Re: Desired improvements in Nmap performance? [SCAN BUDDIES] David Fifield (Dec 02)
- Re: [CAPS] Re: Desired improvements in Nmap performance? [SCAN BUDDIES] Brandon Enright (Dec 02)
- Re: [CAPS] Re: Desired improvements in Nmap performance? [SCAN BUDDIES] David Fifield (Dec 02)
- Re: Desired improvements in Nmap performance? [SCAN BUDDIES] Brandon Enright (Dec 02)
- Re: Desired improvements in Nmap performance? [SCAN BUDDIES] Brandon Enright (Dec 02)
- Re: Desired improvements in Nmap performance? [FASTER IS SLOWER] David Fifield (Dec 02)