Reviving a CacheFlow SA-725 from 2001. We'll diagnose some hardware failures, learn how to use it, and perform a load test. A Compaq DL-380 running Red Hat Linux 6.2 and Apache 1.3 serves as our web server and we'll try running the jolt2 denial of service attack against a few machines.

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00:38 Intro
00:43 CacheFlow SA-725 Overview
07:36 Starting up the CacheFlow
08:10 Diagnosing Hardware Issues
14:45 Load Test Plans
17:09 Setting up jolt2 on a Dell Laptop
21:19 Installing Red Hat Linux 6.2 on the Compaq
31:22 Figuring out how to use the CacheFlow
34:59 Load Testing the CacheFlow
40:45 Next Steps