From 6991a8e5097e433423b3ec75fda150ddaa4202a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fyodor Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:36:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update CHANGELOG to reflect new performance tweaks --- CHANGELOG | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG index a8e8c2b73..f04a99df9 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG +++ b/CHANGELOG @@ -1,5 +1,16 @@ # Nmap Changelog ($Id$); -*-text-*- +o Made a number of performance tweaks, such as: + o increase host group sizes in many cases, so Nmap will now commonly + scan 64 hosts at a time rather than 30 + o align host groups with common network boundaries, such as /24 or + /25 + o Increase maximum per-target port-scan ping frequency to one every + 1.25 seconds rather than every five. Port scan pings happen + against heavily firewalled hosts and the like when Nmap is not + receiving enough responses to normal scan to properly calculate + timing variables and detect packet drops. + o Added the undocumented (except here) --nogcc option which disables global/group congestion control algorithms and so each member of a scan group of machines is treated separately. This is just an