how to test the performance of modified openssh

[Ben Lindstrom]

The only performance testing I've ever seen was a "max transfer rate" 
test.  Which lead to deciding the encryption order and discussions about 
v2 vs v1 preformance differences.  Along with Internet2 testing to find a 
better way of gaining preformance on massive pipes.

In both cases I believe the test was pretty much a "dd if=/dev/urandom .. 
| ssh '| cat /dev/null'" style testing or transferring of real data. 
Timing the time it takes to move XX amount of data then doing the math.

I don't believe anyone has done any testing on the cost of 
authentication.  Truth of the matter is if it is near instance I doubt 
anyone really cares (I sure never have =).

But if you want to test authentication cost a simple "time ssh site 
/bin/true" I'm sure would be close enough.. This isn't a realtime event 
so what is a few microseconds between friends. =)  However, to get true 
stats you may want to disable hashing and encryption.

- Ben

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, Ian jonhson wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have modified the openssh and added a new authentication module in it.
> But I don't know how to compare the performance between the modified version
> and original version. Are there any benchmark designed for openssh? Or, what
> applications are classic to openssh and should be recommended to do this kind
> of tests?
>
> Regards,
>
> Ian
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