Siege

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Siege

http://www.joedog.org/
Siege is a free and open source regression test and benchmark utility that lets Web designers measure the performance of their code under a heavy load of hits. 'Siege' lets the user hit a server with an adjustable number of concurrent users, thus placing the server "under siege." It can stress test a single URL with a user defined number of simulated users, or it can read many URLs into memory and stress them simultaneously. The program reports the total number of hits recorded, bytes transferred, response time, concurrency, and return status. Most features are configurable with command line options, which also include default values to minimize the complexity of the programs's invocation.

Documentation

User manual available from http://www.joedog.org/siege/docs/manual.shtml

Download

version 2.63b3 (beta)
released on 20 May 2005

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Internet-application:security
• Use:internet-application
• Use:security

Licensing

License	Verified by	Verified on	Notes
GPLv2	Janet Casey	17 January 2001

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Jeffrey Fulmer	Maintainer
Peter J. Hutnick	Contributor

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Bug Tracking,Developer,Support	Homepage	http://www.joedog.org/contact/author.shtml

Software prerequisites

Kind	Description
Required to use	Perl
Required to build	autoconf
Source requirement	openssl (to support https protocol)

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 22 April 2005.

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