Re: nmap 5 memory usage

[Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>]

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 02:27:14PM -0700, David Fifield wrote:
> http://www.bamsoftware.com/wiki/Nmap/Memory#a20091120
>
> I ran Massif before and after with the command "nmap -O", then added up
> the parts that belong to OS scan. Before this merge the memory usage was
> 66,832,396 bytes, and after it was 2,815,061, a decrease of about 95%.
> The biggest gain came from storing unique strings only once.

Amazing!  Good work.

Cheers,
Fyodor

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