On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:44:57 -0400 Tod Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have apache 2.0.51 compiled with mod_auth_ldap support. I was > wondering if anybody has tried flood to stress test this configuration > and could help me out. > > I need to be able to randomly test a large number of users attempting to > validate themselves to a secure web site. I think I can handle > configuring the load using flood but I'm not sure how to tell it to > respond to the login prompt. Is there a way I can automate a user login > with flood and do this? Not really. Flood considers 401 response as error and ignores WWW-Authenticate header. You have to know which urls are protected, and access them like this: <url user="foo" password="bar">http://www.example/com/protected</url> The presence of user and password attributes triggers creation of Authorization header (Basic). regards, Jacek Prucia
