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IT Security guy, penetration testing is my thing. One of the SANS Internet Storm Center handlers at https://t.co/KLxU4pooKI. SANS SEC542 instructor and course co-author.
Sep 3, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
[1/5] A small thread.
#nuclei is a really nice and fast scanner by @pdnuclei that is also popular with #bugbounty #hackers.
Being so fast out of box, quite often it can overwhelm the target server(s).
Here are couple of tips on how to improve your #nuclei scanning results: [2/5] The -rl flag defines the number of requests per second, and it is set to 150 by default.
This can be too much for some sites so drop it down to about 50 (or even less if you fear WAF/IPS blocking you) which should not be too much.