On 3/3/2010 5:36 PM, Graham Leggett wrote: > On 04 Mar 2010, at 12:04 AM, Mladen Turk wrote: > >> while [ true ]; >> do >> echo R | openssl s_client -connect host:port & >> done >> >> Not only it will kill the server, but it will kill your box as well :) > > If it causes the connection to hang, it is no different to just > telnetting to the server and talking enough of the protocol to keep the > connection open for the full Timeout.
Oh no - this is far more intensive; due to the cpu overhead of SSL handshaking. But as long as your server is accepting https: connections...
