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

[Patrik Karlsson <patrik () cqure net>]

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:29 PM, David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>wrote:

> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 03:22:55PM -0400, Matt Selsky wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Let's apply it then.
>
> David Fifield

Committed as r28653.

Thanks.
//Patrik

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