Re: Regarding the randomization of source IP and content fetched

[Robert I. <cor...@gm...>]

Hi Sajal,

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 8:29 AM, SAJAL BHATIA <s.b...@qu...> wrote:

>
>
>    - Can we randomize the source IP within a given range. I mean if we
>    specify the IP address range to be from 172.168.1.1/16 to
>    172.168.255.254/16, and have maximum number of clients to be 10 K, then
>    can we assign random IP addresses to these 5 K client from this range
>
> Not in the current version, but it is a rather small development.


>
>    -
>    - Another question is related to randomizing the fetched content. Can
>    we make each of these clients to fetch some random pages from a web site?
>
> If you'll take the version from the subversion,
it has URL probability feature restored.

Look into the URL-probability.

>
>    -
>    - Can we ask any 'n' number of clients from these 10 K clients to
>    recursively fetch a given web page 'x' number of times?
>
> There is no support for sub-batches (groups).

Y can either arrange another client computer with such purpose,
or to play with URL-probability tag.


>
>    -
>
> The main motive is to create a web based data set as close as possible
> to genuine traffic.
>
>
>

Sure, good questions.
Patches are welcomed!


> Thanks and Regards
>  ----
> Sajal Bhatia
> Research Masters Student
> QUT, Brisbane
> AUSTRALIA
>
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