Re: New Linux Server - nessusWX scans terminate with no info

False alarm, problem solved.  Devils in the details.

On 2/8/07, Zate Berg <zate75@gmail.com> wrote:
> A little background info.
>
> Previously I have been scanning from a Dual-Core Desktop running Ubuntu,
> Nessus 3.0.5, and NessusWX 1.4.5d.  Everything was peachy.
>
> Recent changes required the scanning to be done from a certain location on
> the network and that location has only 2 windows servers in it, I cant
> justify deploying new hardware there right now.
>
> Installed 3.0.5 on a Windows 2003 server and had absolutely abysmal
> performance.  My Desktop completed a scan in 15 minutes, the server took
> 2.5 hours.  Exactly the same session from inside NessusWX.  No amount of
> tweaking was able to make it run better on the Windows server.  The windows
> server has 4 CPU's and 4 gb of Ram.  My desktop has a single Dual Core and
> 2gb ram.
>
> I am now trying to run Nessus from a FC6 VMWare image.  I know VMWare and
> Nessus aren't exactly scorching performers but I want to compare scan times
> with Nessus/FC6/VMWare vs Nessus/Win2k3/DL380.  The issue I am having is the
> scan just completes in NessusWX with no results.  Very quickly.
> nessusd.messages shows the client connect, says what hosts etc and then
> says completed.  Nothing in nessusd.dump either.
>
> What else can I try to look at to see why this is happening ?
>
> --
> Zate




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Zate

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