Re: Desired improvements in Nmap performance?

["sara fink" <sara.fink () gmail com>]

My complaints are about long time for UDP scan for large networks.

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 3:24 AM, David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> wrote:

> 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
>
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