Re: dns_fingerprint.nasl - silent exit after 3 timeouts, why?

On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 12:28:56PM -0400, George Theall wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 01:49:25PM -0400, Renaud Deraison wrote:
> 
> > So this plugin is a perfect example of a speed vs. accuracy conflict we
> > often hit.
> 
> Shouldn't the primary concern in writing a plugin be accuracy?

Not really. If you consider it acceptable for every plugin to take over
two minutes, then a scan can basically take several days per host.

An automated scanner _has_ to do a tradeoff between speed, accuracy and
intrusiveness, otherwise it's just useless (if it takes four months to
scan half of your class C, you won't use it. If it takes down half of
your class C during the scan, you won't use it either).

I did a talk on that subject a year ago, I'll try to put it online.



				-- Renaud
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