Re: [clug-talk] Network Stress Testing Tools?

[b-r-i-a-n -]

I basically need to simulate a denial of service attack in the network in 
question to try to measure at what point it becomes inoperable.  The reason 
for this is mainly for documentation purposes, so that I can identify how 
much load the network can take before various services become (seemingly) 
un-responsive.  I�m trying to optimize this network for performance the best 
I can.  Basically I�m trying to measure the responsiveness of things like 
mail servers, web servers, directory services, and network databases.  When 
I have identified problem areas, then I can go back and tweak those services 
to hopefully perform a bit better.  I�ve found a few Windows programs to do 
what I need, kind of� but as with most things there are always better ways 
of doing things under Linux.  I could just do a continuous ping, with 
varying sizes of packets, but I need something that maybe provides some more 
measurements for the responsiveness of the various services.  Anyway, 
appreciate the suggestions.

Thanks,

Brian H.


From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: CLUG General <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Network Stress Testing Tools?
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 15:52:02 -0700
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On February 02, 2004 02:50, Brian Horncastle wrote:
> Just wondering if anyone knows of any good network stress testing tools
> under Linux?
su -c 'ping -f -i0'? ;-)

more seriously, what aspect of the network are you looking to stress, and 
in
what ways do you want to stress it?

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