From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 10 10:59:22 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id KAA07135 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 10 Nov 1995 10:59:22 -0800 Received: from fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA07130 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 1995 10:59:18 -0800 Received: (from jfieber@localhost) by fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA05238; Fri, 10 Nov 1995 13:59:15 -0500 Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 13:59:13 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber X-Sender: jfieber@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone else think it's about time to beat a WEB server to death? In-Reply-To: <5587.816024955@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 10 Nov 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > If we can't get any actual data from existing WEB service providers, > or even if we can, might I prevail on someone out there with a > well-connected box to possibly declare a "flag day", during which as > many people on this list as possible (and anyone else they can find) > aggressively attempts to beat the server to its knees while the server > maintainers busily collect stats on the event? Someone should have a look at http://www.sgi.com/Products/WebFORCE/WebStone/ and see if this might be a useful tool. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============