Nmap can be forced to run a specified time with the "--host_timeout" option This option will kill nmap which may not return any open ports result.
>> appears that Nmap scans go way beyond the limits set. Has anyone had >> better luck with constraining Nmap from within a Nessus run? > > nmap has to run as long as nmap runs... > Depending on what options you give to nmap, it could run for weeks > (seriously.. consider: nmap -p1-65535 -sT -sU -T paranoid -P0 > 10.0.0.0/8) Alex
