thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renaud Deraison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 10:01 AM Subject: Re: scan types
> On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 09:32:50AM -0400, Bill Saragoza wrote: > > In Scan Options: > > Scan for LaBrea Tarpitted hosts > > Nmap tcpconnect() scan > > Nmap > > etc... > > What is the difference here between connect and nmap ? > > The first one is built as a nessus plugin. The advantage is that it does > not use a lot of memory. "Nmap", on the other hand, calls the 'nmap' > binary, which wastes memory (several megabytes per host scanned). > > > Should I use them both ot only once at a time? > > If you scan a lot of hosts at the same time, you may prefer to use the > first one. The standard 'nmap' plugin has the advantage of > configurability. > > And no, you should really avoid to scan each host twice, so enable only > one of them. > > -- Renaud >
