Re: user priorities

[Ron Gula <rgula@tenablesecurity.com>]

Ondrej Holecek wrote:
> hello,
> 
> we are using nessus with two users, one for automatic scanning our
> network in infinite loop, and second for scanns "on demand"
> 
> is there any possibility to give the second user higher priority? i mean
> somehow "pause" first queue if there are waiting scanns from second user?

It depends what you are trying to prevent.

If you don't want two or more scans occurring at the same time to
minimize packets on your network, Nessus does not have a way to remotely
pause a scan or automatically pause an ongoing scan when a new scan job
comes along.

If you want the ad hoc scans to get full resources when their scans are
submitted you could use two scanners. Also, upgrading your system with
more memory or CPU will make your scans faster. And if you are on Nessus
2 for some reason, moving to Nessus 3 will also make your scans go much
faster on the same hardware platform.

Ron Gula, CTO
Tenable Network Security

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