[netperf-talk] Layer 4-7 Testing

[Jeff Levesque]

	Thanks for the quick response, Rick. I'll give a little more detailed
description of my intended usage and then you can let me know if it
sounds workable. We're doing application testing so the traffic
simulation needs have realistic qualities. For instance when we test a
mail filter if we only send a message with "X"s in it it will be
regarded as junk mail and be discarded. So what I would like to do is
have the ability to specify the contents of the traffic. If this sounds
like something netperf4 should be able to handle I'll spend some time
testing it out and maybe we'll both be able to benefit.

On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 10:01 -0700, Rick Jones wrote:
> Jeff Levesque wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 	I'm currently trying to find an open source tool to do layer 4-7
> > traffic generation. I was wondering if it is possible for netperf to do
> > this? It sounds like netperf4 will be geared more towards this than the
> > 2.4.x version. Is there an ETA for netperf4? Any help would be
> > appreciated.
> 
> Netperf4's harness would be better suited to this. Whether that means it 
> is actually suited or not I cannot say.  Netperf4 is more or less "out 
> there" now albeit bleeding edge, but I find that usage by others helps 
> free up my otherwise non-copious free cycles for working on netperf4 :)
> 
> happy benchmarking,
> 
> rick jones