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If you really want to test raw performance, why not just enable the chargen service on a router in the core and let him suck that down and measure throughput. No more effective DOS attach than 4 simultaneous chargen sessions on a T1. I suspect a 7513 should be able to spit a few characters per second :) Eric At 11:24 AM 7/9/97 -0700, John Leong wrote: >n Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Jack Rickard wrote: >> I discussed the universal test page >> > suggestion with Gene Shklar this afternoon and we will make it so. > >Universal test page is certainly a [good] step - but it is a step (one >among many) towards [comparative] testing the performance between the >test machine and a *SPECIFIC* web server .... but not the peformance of >the backbone (even though it clearly is a major component of the >result). There are simply too many uncontrolled variables still >outstanding. > >By the way, we have given considerable thought on the attributes of such >standardised test page. ... starting with what is the test about. It >would be a good idea if a sub group of interested parties can get off >line and work on this under some frame work (IETF, NANOG, CAIDA, ... or >just an ad hoc BOF group) and then report the finding back to the >mailing list. > >So, if anyone is interested to work on a standardized web page, send me >mail and I will try to get a seperate discussion list going, do some >serious work ... and reduces the S/N ratio of this list. > >Regards, >John Leong > >
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