HTTP Pipeline Surveyor
HTTP pipelining brings attractive performance improvements, but it can be a dangerous business on the open Internet.
This script demonstrates one method of checking an HTTP connection to see if pipelining is safe on a given connection. It is ONLY intended to discover problems with errant intermediaries (e.g., "transparent" proxies); it doesn't assure that the servers you contact will correctly support pipelining.
It's a work in progress. For more information, see the associated Internet-Draft.
Installation
First you'll need Node and its package manager, npm.
Then, it can be installed with npm like this:
npm install pipeline-surveyor
Use
Just call it on the command line;
pipeline-surveyor
and it will report back "OK" if it thinks HTTP pipelining is usable on your current connection. If not, it will say "FAIL", followed by a description of the problem it encountered.
Running the server
The server-side can be run using node.You'll still need to have the npm package installed.
Contact
Mark Nottingham mnot@mnot.net