SSLSWAMP(1) distcache SSLSWAMP(1)
NAME
swamp - SSL/TLS load-tester based on OpenSSL
SYNOPSIS
swamp -connect <address> [options]
DESCRIPTION
swamp is a utility that can be used to test and/or benchmark SSL/TLS
servers. It is quite configurable and allows for various different
characteristics of the server’s behaviour to be tested.
OPTIONS
-connect address
Configures the address to which swamp should connect for outgoing
connections, using the syntax defined by the libnal API. For con-
necting to TCP/IP addresses, the syntax is illustrated below (you
may use an explicit IP address or a host name);
# swamp -connect IP:192.168.0.1:443
# swamp -connect IP:www.localnet:443
To connect to an SSL/TLS server on a unix domain socket, the syntax
is;
# swamp -connect UNIX:/path/to/some/socket
-h, -help, -?
Any of these flags will cause swamp to display a brief usage sum-
mary to the console and exit cleanly. Any other flags are ignored.
BUGS
This man page is utterly incomplete.
SEE ALSO
NAL_ADDRESS_new(2)
Information on the libnal network abstraction library used by
swamp. This provides some information about the syntax used for
-connect.
distcache(8)
Overview of the distcache architecture, of which swamp is a compo-
nent.
http://www.distcache.org/
Distcache home page.
AUTHOR
Swamp was designed and implemented by Geoff Thorpe. Steve Robb has con-
tributed numerous tweaks and fixes along the way too. To consolidate
resources and provide an improved framework for ongoing development,
the swamp utility was made a component of the distcache project in 2003
(swamp happens to be the ideal tool for testing distcache’s most common
usage - secure web servers).
Home Page: http://www.distcache.org
1.4.5 2004.03.23 SSLSWAMP(1)
