Nessus 2.2.0 - Hanging on down hosts

[Sawall, Christopher L]

> On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 10:54:26AM -0600, Sawall, Christopher L wrote:
> 
> > Ok.  I tried this and verified the setting "reverse_lookup = no" in 
> > the .nessusrc file that I am using.  So far, the same results
> 
> I'm sorry, I should have asked you also to use a non-existent 
> IP address for the target; ie, one on your network but not 
> currently assigned. 
> 
> Don't bother, though; I think this is a serious bug.  I just 
> tried this myself and observed nessusd hammering my 
> nameserver - 66000+ queries in a bit over 1 minute!!! Do you 
> want to open up a bug report in Bugzilla or should I?
> 

I can if you like.  But I think you may be able to explain the issue
much better than I.  Just let me know if you'd like me to do it.

Thank you for all of your help.  I guess if you open the bug report, can
you let me know how to track it?

Thanks,
Chris


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