diff --git a/lib/controller/checks.py b/lib/controller/checks.py
index 6477ba6a2..15e3dc200 100644
--- a/lib/controller/checks.py
+++ b/lib/controller/checks.py
@@ -1069,6 +1069,7 @@ def identifyWaf():
             if kwargs.get("get"):
                 kwargs["get"] = urlencode(kwargs["get"])
             kwargs["raise404"] = False
+            kwargs["silent"] = True
             page, headers, code = Request.getPage(*args, **kwargs)
         except Exception:
             pass
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index b48ff383a..90e49c23d 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ HTTP_ACCEPT_HEADER_VALUE = "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.
 # Default value for HTTP Accept-Encoding header
 HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER_VALUE = "gzip,deflate"
 
-# HTTP timeout in silent mode
-HTTP_SILENT_TIMEOUT = 3
+# Default timeout for running commands over backdoor
+BACKDOOR_RUN_CMD_TIMEOUT = 5
 
 # Maximum number of techniques used in inject.py/getValue() per one value
 MAX_TECHNIQUES_PER_VALUE = 2
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 7dffffec8..5ab266838 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ from lib.core.settings import DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE
 from lib.core.settings import DEFAULT_GET_POST_DELIMITER
 from lib.core.settings import HTTP_ACCEPT_HEADER_VALUE
 from lib.core.settings import HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER_VALUE
-from lib.core.settings import HTTP_SILENT_TIMEOUT
 from lib.core.settings import MAX_CONNECTION_CHUNK_SIZE
 from lib.core.settings import MAX_CONNECTIONS_REGEX
 from lib.core.settings import MAX_CONNECTION_TOTAL_SIZE
@@ -204,6 +203,7 @@ class Connect(object):
         multipart = kwargs.get("multipart",         False)
         silent = kwargs.get("silent",               False)
         raise404 = kwargs.get("raise404",           True)
+        timeout = kwargs.get("timeout",             conf.timeout)
         auxHeaders = kwargs.get("auxHeaders",       None)
         response = kwargs.get("response",           False)
         ignoreTimeout = kwargs.get("ignoreTimeout", kb.ignoreTimeout)
@@ -248,10 +248,7 @@ class Connect(object):
         url = unicodeencode(url)
 
         try:
-            if silent:
-                socket.setdefaulttimeout(HTTP_SILENT_TIMEOUT)
-            else:
-                socket.setdefaulttimeout(conf.timeout)
+            socket.setdefaulttimeout(timeout)
 
             if direct_:
                 if "?" in url:
@@ -529,14 +526,16 @@ class Connect(object):
             if "BadStatusLine" not in tbMsg:
                 warnMsg += " or proxy"
 
-            if "forcibly closed" in tbMsg:
+            if silent:
+                return None, None, None
+            elif "forcibly closed" in tbMsg:
                 logger.critical(warnMsg)
                 return None, None, None
-            elif silent or (ignoreTimeout and any(_ in tbMsg for _ in ("timed out", "IncompleteRead"))):
+            elif ignoreTimeout and any(_ in tbMsg for _ in ("timed out", "IncompleteRead")):
                 return None, None, None
             elif threadData.retriesCount < conf.retries and not kb.threadException:
                 warnMsg += ". sqlmap is going to retry the request"
-                logger.log(logging.CRITICAL if not conf.identifyWaf else logging.DEBUG, warnMsg)
+                logger.critical(warnMsg)
                 return Connect._retryProxy(**kwargs)
             elif kb.testMode:
                 logger.critical(warnMsg)
diff --git a/lib/takeover/web.py b/lib/takeover/web.py
index dcfc22a78..b84d328dd 100644
--- a/lib/takeover/web.py
+++ b/lib/takeover/web.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import DBMS
 from lib.core.enums import OS
 from lib.core.enums import PAYLOAD
 from lib.core.enums import WEB_API
+from lib.core.settings import BACKDOOR_RUN_CMD_TIMEOUT
 from lib.core.settings import EVENTVALIDATION_REGEX
 from lib.core.settings import VIEWSTATE_REGEX
 from lib.request.connect import Connect as Request
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ class Web:
             cmd = conf.osCmd
 
         cmdUrl = "%s?cmd=%s" % (self.webBackdoorUrl, cmd)
-        page, _, _ = Request.getPage(url=cmdUrl, direct=True, silent=True)
+        page, _, _ = Request.getPage(url=cmdUrl, direct=True, silent=True, timeout=BACKDOOR_RUN_CMD_TIMEOUT)
 
         if page is not None:
             output = re.search("<pre>(.+?)</pre>", page, re.I | re.S)