[users@httpd] mod_auth_form and digest authentication

2011-12-23 Thread John Karr
Version of Apache 2.3.15 The documentation for mod_auth_form says that it works with digest or basic authentication. I have it working with basic authentication from a database, but I can't find anything about how to switch over to digest. There are two reasons for wanting to do this, first if you

Re: [users@httpd] apache bench -k switch

2011-12-23 Thread Mark Montague
On December 23, 2011 12:03 , S Ahmed wrote: When I add the -k switch during my benchmarks, my requests per second increases substantially. Can someone explain to me what -k does? From the ab man page: -k Enable the HTTP KeepAlive feature, i.e., perform multiple

[users@httpd] apache bench -k switch

2011-12-23 Thread S Ahmed
When I add the -k switch during my benchmarks, my requests per second increases substantially. Can someone explain to me what -k does? Is it simply re-using the sockets opened? Is it more or less realistic (mimics real world traffic) to have the -k switch?