Re: Testing Firewalls

[kris.van.opstaele () be arthurandersen com]

wongcm () vone com my wrote :

> I'm looking for any tools which may help me determine the stability of a
> firewall-1 running on Solaris. I'm not after port scanners (nmap is great)
> or systems security checks tools. I'm looking for tools which can perhaps
> stimulate high traffic clients from a single workstation (i.e. maybe
> stimulate thousands of client connectivity - legal or illegal). Any pointers
> where I can obtain such tool/s would be great.

Take a look at the website of Mercury Interactive (www.merc-int.com).
They have a product, called 'Astra Loadtest',  which should do more or
less what you want to test :

"Astra LoadTest is the easiest way to test scalability and performance
of Web applications. With Astra LoadTest, you can emulate the traffic
of thousands of real users to identify and isolate bottlenecks and
optimize user experience. "

Product information can be found on :
http://www.merc-int.com/products/astraloadtest.html
and apparently, there is also a possibility to download a trial version.

Hope this helps.



Regards,

Kris Van Opstaele

Computer Risk Management
Arthur Andersen

Tel: (+32) 2 545 32 70
Fax: (+32) 2 545 31 99










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