Posted in python on April 21, 2006 | No Comments »
I had a chance to test pysqlite, a Python wrapper for SQLite Database System. pysqlite needs the following dependencies :
Operating System and C Compiler
SQLite version 3.0.8 or later (for pysqlite 2.2.0)
Python 2.3 or later
After download the latest version (2.2.2) I did the followings to install pysqlite to my system :
$ tar xvzpf pysqlite-2.2.2.tar.gzpysqlite-2.2.2/pysqlite-2.2.2/doc/pysqlite-2.2.2/doc/code…pysqlite-2.2.2/setup.cfgpysqlite-2.2.2/setup.pypysqlite-2.2.2/PKG-INFO
$ cd pysqlite-2.2.2/
$ [...]
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Posted in general on April 19, 2006 | No Comments »
I just read a blog entry title “Why Windows is less secure than Linux“. In that blog there are some interesting pictures describing system calls in Apache and IIS.
The first picture is of the system calls that occur on a Linux server running Apache. The second image is of a Windows Server running IIS.
Just wondering [...]
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Posted in hacks on April 17, 2006 | No Comments »
In my last blog, I wrote about httperf. This time I will write about another tool. The toolis autobench. It is a wrapper for httperf.
To install autobench, just do the followings :
$ make# make install
To run it, type :
$ autobenchAutobench configuration file not found - installing new copy in /home/tedi/.autobench.confInstallation complete - please rerun autobench
I [...]
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Posted in hacks on April 17, 2006 | No Comments »
I got another tool for testing webperformance. This tool is httperf. It was developed by David Mosberger from HP.
The installation process is very smooth and usual :
$ ./configure$ make# make install
Next I try httperf to issue 1000 HTTP requests :
$ httperf –server localhost –port 80 –num-conns 100 –rate 10 –timeout 2
The above command will create [...]
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Posted in hacks on April 12, 2006 | No Comments »
Last night I tried to use IDX-Tsunami. It is a distributed load testing tool. It is protocol-independent and can currently be used to stress testing HTTP, SOAP and Jabber servers.
After download it from its website the installation process was very easy (if you’ve already had Erlang OTP).
Installation
To install IDX-Tsunami, I just did the followings :
$ [...]
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Posted in hacks on April 11, 2006 | No Comments »
Last week, I had a long weekend (3 days off). It made me very bored. During that time I read PC Magazine. In it there is an article regarding several web performance tools. One of them is ab2 that is included in the Apache webserver.
For a long time I want to measure the performance of [...]
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Posted in hacks on April 5, 2006 | No Comments »
Last week during my weekend, I got bored with security stuffs. So I tried something new. I read Programming Ruby 2nd edition. In it I found out about Webrick.
I thought this was a cool stuff. With Webrick you can create your own webserver in Ruby. Isn’t that cool?
So I hacked the code for a simple [...]
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