My question on combining the --min-hostgroup, --min-parallelism, and --host-timeout options.

[Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao () gmail com>]

Hi all,

When I use nmap for scanning on large scale networks. I want to combine 
the following options to obtain the gain on correctness and efficiency:

--min-hostgroup, --min-parallelism, and --host-timeout.

But I have the following issues which I cann't figure out:

1. As for the --min-hostgroup and --min-parallelism, are there some 
relationships on setting the values for both of them according to the  
rule of thumb?  Say, if I set  --min-hostgroup 100, I should set what 
value for --min-parallelism in order obtain effective gain on correctness 
and efficiency of my scanning? 

2. Again, are there some rule of thumb for setting the --host-timeout, 
when the above two parameters - --min-hostgroup and --min-parallelism - 
have been set?   

Regards
-- 
.: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :.

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