On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 06:11:49PM -0800, Brian G. Kirsch wrote:
> 1. Is there any need to recompile nessus if upgrading from nmap3.0 -> 3.2?
No.
> 2. Is there any way to send command line arguments to nessus that aren't
> in the GUI (ie. min_parallelism)?
No.
> 3. What nmap version is recommended?
Any 3.x
> 4. Is nmap the "best" scanning method from within Nessus? If not, which
> one is?
It really depends on your needs and what you scan. If you are scanning a
single host, then I'd recommand using nmap. If you scan your local
subnet, I'd recommand using the tcp connect() scan, as consumes very
little resources RAM-wise. Finally, if you scan a several firewalled
hosts, I'd recommand using the builtin SYN scanner, which should be fast
thanks to RTT computation (I did not try Nmap 3.20 yet which might offer
better performance).
-- Renaud
