Httperf is a tool for measuring web server performance. It provides a flexible
facility for generating various HTTP workloads and for measuring server
performance. The focus of httperf is not on implementing one particular
benchmark but on providing a robust, high-performance tool that facilitates the
construction of both micro- and macro-level benchmarks. The three
distinguishing characteristics of httperf are its robustness, which includes
the ability to generate and sustain server overload, support for the HTTP/1.1
and SSL protocols, and its extensibility to new workload generators and
performance measurements.

Authors:
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David Mosberger (main sources)
Martin Arlitt (SSL support)
Stephane Eranian (wlog URI generator)
Richard Carter (wsesslog workload generator)