Many Threads + Many Sockets == SegFault?

[Steve Purcell]

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> Doug Fort wrote:
> 
> > I've attached a little program that I'm testing.  It basically creates
> > a number of threads (I've been using 100), each of which performs a
> > simple HTTP 'GET' over and over.  This works fine when I run through our T1
> > line against a server out in the cloud.
> 
> Are you aware that what you're doing is a denial-of-service attack?

He is aware of it, but people pay him to do it:

   http://stressmy.com/


-Steve

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