[thelist] Slowing Down a Connection

Sam-I-Am sam at sam-i-am.com
Fri Mar 30 10:47:02 CST 2001


Related note (I think) 
I'd had an idea that I could use a proxy that would log and recreate
(with directory structure intact) all the files requested and sent by
the server. This would be a great tool for debugging, as well as a
smarter offline browser type tool - it saves only the content I've
browsed. 
Basically it does what your browser's cache does, but maintains
filenames and directories.
I've looked at a few cache viewers to this end, but not found anything
quite right.
Plus, I want to be able to point different browsers at the same site,
and compare the responses. 


Sam


Ron Thigpen wrote:
> 
> The document weight tool should focus on counting the number of bits transmitted to
> the client, and thereby estimate the time for those bits to travel
> server-to-client.
> 
> The best way to measure this is by rendering the page through the webserver, and
> then 'weighing' the result. This would work much like the 'File: Open from the Web'
> feature.




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