SPI output reports and cdt database archives may accumulate. Utility operations are included with the SPI installations to automatically purge unnecessary files. Computer running the Windows NT or UNIX operating systems. As in any computing operation, run-time is dependent on the speed of a particular system and its disk access paths. The following estimates are based are generic mid-range systems in 1997.
Many inspections are able to complete within seconds or minutes.
However, an extensive test of user passwords, employing large dictionaries, may take tens of minutes to hours. The QSP scan-disk process option requires about 10 minutes per GB of disk scanned. Computer Security Technology Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.