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Proxy Sniffer

  
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Download - Proxy Sniffer Free Edition V4.4

The Proxy Sniffer Free Edition is provided at no cost and can be used for an unlimited time to run small, but full featured performance tests with up to 20 VU against your web application(s). If you need to perform stronger web load tests or web stress tests by simulating many hundreds or thousands of web users, the Free Edition allows you to rent immediately our pre-installed and cloud-based load generators in the Amazon data centers for a competitive price.
 
Alternatively, if you need to perform strong load tests from local load generators "inside your company" we recommend that you purchase a license of the Professional Edition. In such a case please ask to evaluate the Professional Edition two weeks for free.
 
The Free Edition contains almost all features of the Professional Edition; for example:
  • Support for the recording of web surfing sessions using Any Web Browser, including Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.
  • Support for easy handling of dynamically-exchanged CGI and HTML form parameters such as .NET VIEWSTATE or order numbers.
  • Support for XML, SOAP, AJAX, JSON and WebDAV.
  • Support for Input Files which can used for any purpose; for example, for assigning login accounts to HTML forms or to modify the query data of XML requests.
  • Support for all major HTTP Protocol Extensions: client-side caching of network connections (keep alive), automatic handling of compressed response data (gzip, deflate), automatic processing of session cookies, and the upload and download of files.
  • Support for testing HTTP(S) Web Services which exchange data using XML or SOAP.
  • All Statistics and Diagrams are fully available.
  • An unlimited number of web pages and web service calls can be recorded and tested.
In contrast to the Professional Edition, the Free Edition contains the following functional restrictions:
Functionality Free Edition V4.4-C Professional Edition V4.4-C
Maximum number of simulated web users 20 local
[+ 100..20,000 from Amazon ²]
200..120,000 local ¹
[+ 100..120,000 from Amazon ²]
Maximum run duration per load test job 10 minutes local
[+ unlimited from Amazon ²]
unlimited
Support for encrypted connections (HTTPS) yes yes
Supported Authentication Methods
  • HTML Form-Based Login
  • HTTP Basic Authentication
  • HTTP Digest Authentication
  • NTLM
  • HTML Form-Based Login
  • HTTP Basic Authentication
  • HTTP Digest Authentication
  • NTLM
  • Kerberos
  • SSL Authentication using X509 Client
    Certificates in PKCS#12 format
  • SSL Authentication using Smart Cards
    and HSMs (PKCS#11 security devices)
Max. number of recorded and tested web pages unlimited unlimited
Max. number of web pages using the Web Crawler 10 unlimited
Configurable user's think time per web page yes, 3 - 30 seconds yes, freely selectable
Scheduling of load test jobs at predefined times no yes
Remote execution of load test jobs only for load generators
in the Amazon Cloud
yes ¹
Cluster technology (load releasing clusters) only for load generators
in the Amazon Cloud
yes ¹
Branding of PDF reports & own report templates no yes
Starting of load tests jobs
from the operating system prompt
no, only via the GUI yes
Starting Proxy Sniffer as a
Windows service or as a Unix daemon
no yes
Sending of SMS and e-mail alert notifications
during the load test execution
no yes
Supported operating systems
 
 
Windows XP/Vista/7,
Mac OS X from Version 10.4,
Ubuntu (Linux)
Windows XP/Vista/7/2003/2008
and all Unix-like systems such as
Solaris, Mac OS X and Linux
Services: Support and on-site Training no yes ³

¹ Functionality depends on the purchased license
² Additional load generators can be rented per hour in the Amazon Data Centers (EC2)
³ Available at extra cost

Installation Kits - Proxy Sniffer Free Edition V4.4-C ¹  (July 27, 2010) Download Free Edition
Windows XP/Vista/7 PrxF44C.exe
Mac OS X PrxF44C.zip
Ubuntu (Linux) PrxF44C.bin
Firefox Recording Extension V1.4  (January 29, 2010: for Firefox 3.0 - 3.6) PrxRecExt1.xpi
¹ The Professional Edition is delivered using a different installation kit.

Documentation - V4.4  (June 5, 2010) English Last Updated
Installation and Configuration Guide   (revised) August 12, 2010
User's Guide   (revised) June 6, 2010
Application Reference Manual   (revised) June 5, 2010
Getting Started with Successful Load Testing July 29, 2007
Firefox Recording Extension Handbook June 6, 2010
Load Test Plug-In Developer Handbook June 6, 2010
PDF Report Templates Handbook June 6, 2010
Using PKCS#11 Security Devices   (new) June 6, 2010
V4.4 Release Notes June 5, 2010

Special Evaluation Offer - Proxy Sniffer Professional Edition V4.4

If your place of work / company is located in a country of the European Union, USA or Argentina, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland or Turkey, please ask to evaluate the Professional Edition, which does not contain any functional restrictions.
 
You will receive a temporary site license, valid for two weeks, which will allow you to simulate 200 virtual users from any computer in your company.
 
Multiple installations are supported by this license, which allows you to install and try out Proxy Sniffer on several computers. All installed computers can also be combined to a load generating cluster. Up to 50 cluster members are supported (up to 200 * 50 = 10,000 virtual users can be simulated by using this evaluation license).
 
Send us a request for evaluation using our contact form or by e-mail to direct@d-fischer.com. Please note that we can only accept requests from a company e-mail address. Anonymous e-mail addresses such as @gmail.com cannot be accepted.
 
During your evaluation of the Professional Edition, we will also provide you with free technical support.

¹ Export is limited to certain countries because of export restrictions concerning strong encryption technologies.

  
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