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> Did anybody try the current (>= 2002-08-12) CVS version?
> Renaud tried a hack that is supposed to speed up the network, but it
> looks broken. Am I the only one to have the problem?
>
not sure what effect it has.
I have to run nmap by hand now and use nmap file results.

If I run nmap through nessus, it runes (nessusd.messages shows it) but
nessus never picks up the results and sits there forever.

what should I look for with network.c problems?
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 07:31:15AM -0400, Michael Scheidell wrote:
> > Did anybody try the current (>= 2002-08-12) CVS version?
> > Renaud tried a hack that is supposed to speed up the network, but it
> > looks broken. Am I the only one to have the problem?
> >
> not sure what effect it has.
> I have to run nmap by hand now and use nmap file results.
>
> If I run nmap through nessus, it runes (nessusd.messages shows it) but
> nessus never picks up the results and sits there forever.

It's a different issue.

> what should I look for with network.c problems?

Short/partial/incomplete reads of data.


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Michael Scheidell <scheidell@secnap.net> writes:

> > Am I the only one to have the problem?
> not sure what effect it has.

I cannot even log onto the nessusd server!

>
> I cannot even log onto the nessusd server!
>
which one of these files? what date?
/usr/local/src/nessus-libraries/libnessus/network.c
/usr/local/src/nessus-plugins/plugins/accounts/network.c

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Michael Scheidell <scheidell@secnap.net> writes:

> which one of these files?
> /usr/local/src/nessus-libraries/libnessus/network.c

> what date?

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revision 1.83
date: 2002/08/13 11:47:11; author: renaud; state: Exp; lines: +2 -5
bugfix
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revision 1.82
date: 2002/08/13 11:15:41; author: renaud; state: Exp; lines: +16 -9
patch from Axel Nennker
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revision 1.81
date: 2002/08/12 09:05:27; author: mikhail; state: Exp; lines: +2 -2
volatile
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revision 1.80
date: 2002/08/11 17:42:07; author: renaud; state: Exp; lines: +23 -43
enhancements - may cause troubles though <-----
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Anyway it seems to work now (I fixed two little things)
Tests _should_ be quicker.