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Re: Retina scans caused broadcast storms

Subject: Re: Retina scans caused broadcast storms
Date: 25 Nov 2004 18:49:30 -0000
In-Reply-To: <20041123183343.73950.qmail@web50001.mail.yahoo.com>

I've nerely crashed 25% of a class B subnet, and if I had waited to long every 
thing would have gone down.

Cisco Catalyst Switches did not like the scan.
Some options in Retina are much to agressive to be used 
on a production network.

Fine tuning Retina's Configuration is really necessary for live audits on 
production networks.

Fabrice Aubry
SysAdmin / Wanadoo Hosting

Has anyone ever caused a full blown broadcast storm by using the Retina
Security Scanner.

Its looks as if I may caused a severe slow down on a network recently and think
the scanner may have caused it. What I am trying to determine is whether
existing problems in the switching enviroment may have been exaserbated by the
use of the scanner.

Anybody else ever experience these sorts of issues with Retina?

dale


              
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