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Tool to replay access.log files with cookies?

Is there any tool that will replay combined access.log-style (or any other format) files back and preserve the cookies? We need to load test our application with real user accesses but we really need those cookies there. I evaluated JMeter (won't…
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Is there any way to add a temporary, static record to DNS?

This is for bind9. Is there a way to add a DNS record without too much mucking with zone files and named.conf? I need to test some web servers before we migrate from the old servers to the new ones. Instead of asking everyone to put entries into…
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How can I test HTTPS configuration in a LAN?

I'm developing a website that should be used with HTTPS. I am developing the site on my Windows machine and I have a Linux machine on the same LAN where I test my websites. I don't have a DNS-server on the LAN so I use IP-addresses to access the…
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Auditing user behavior in a small organization to prepare IT restructuring

My company will be working on restructuring/rethinking the whole IT infrastructure for a small company (about 25 employees). A part of this is a migration to Google Apps for email, calendar, etc. That leaves many other things to think about (file…
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Should I do acceptance testing?

We run a few commercial webapps facing customers. The release schedule for them is regular, but there's always worries about testing changes, patches and upgrades. It seems like acceptance testing is promoted for contract development rather than…
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Reasonable tests to determine if ports on hub are working

What are some reasonable tests to assure ourselves that all the ports on a 24-port hub are working correctly? We have some Linksys EF2H24 ver 2 EtherFast® 10/100 24-port Auto-Sensing Hub that may have had some ports damaged in a lightning strike.…
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What spec machine is required for this virtualization requirement?

I want to configure a system for cross-browser testing of rich internet applications in browsers. My requirement is to have one system with 20-30 virtual machines (eg, with VirtualBox). There will be a need for up to four concurrent virtual machines…
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App for managing/testing code on remote cluster of machines

(Not sure if this is the right group) I have a situation where I have a number of apps that get created/built. These apps change over time, so they need to be tested. I have a number of distributed test servers, so I can essentially test the apps in…
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Virtualization that is distributed on workstations or on a big central server for testing and documentation?

We are contemplating a push for employing virutalization for our test and documentation group to help manage consistent test and documentation environments. We were looking at choosing either a couple really big central boxes that consolidated…
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Simulating load from GroupWise clients (MUA) on GroupWise POAs

We are looking to simulate the load of many clients sending mail, and we want it to be scriptable. The part that we are unsure about is if our possible message submission methods (SMTP and SOAP) are handled by the POA in a similar enough way to a…
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Testing email locally on a windows machine

This is a question I've tried to answer for a long time now. I'm currently working on a personal project on a windows XP machine and it's come to the point where I need to send emails to test some functionality. I'm looking for an application that I…
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apache virtual hosts vs. alias, what is better?

I've been building a dev machine over the last week and it has created some interesting question in my head. One of which is whether setting up an apache vh is better than creating an alias. Now, I know the answer here is going to be "it depends".…
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Test Exchange server on a laptop

I need to run some Outlook sessions that connect to an Exchange server. If I wanted to create a test environment on my laptop, would that be feasible? Would it be better to run natively, or inside a VM? (I had heard some commments, probably from the…
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VM for learning and testing firewall and some others softwares?

Computer Specs: Core 2 Duo 1.80Ghz 2gb ram 500GB hd Currently with Windows XP installed but can be changed to anything else needed. To explain more about what i am looking forward to do, i was planning to setup 3 enviroments on a VM as follow: A)…
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how do I properly measure capacity of a UPS battery?

How can I properly measure the capacity of a UPS battery? Unplugging it from the wall is a bad idea since it loses the ground, so how can this be done?
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