From: hros@user.sourceforge.net   
      
   I'm in the need to test a client-server setup in the case of a very slow   
   server response. A large number of thin clients chatting to a heavy loaded   
   server via the HTTP protocol. The server could be located in another country.   
      
   My idea is to setup a false DNS-server on the local network (where all the   
   clients are) and thus make the clients talk to the server (on another network)   
   via a some sort of HTTP echo-service or "Man In The Middle"-service somewhere   
   out   
   there. It is to much work to reconfigure all the clients to talk to this   
   echo-service. Hence   
   the false DNS-server (ettercap?). The "echo-service" of MITM should be   
   configurable on   
   delay, bandwidth-limiting, no response etc.   
      
   Basic flow:   
      
   1. Client does DNS-lookup for server-x.com   
   2. Fake DNS-server returns 'A' record for echo-server.com   
   3. Client does a "GET" + a "host: server-x.com" header to echo-server.com   
   4. echo-server.com passes this on to server-x.com that returns the result ASAP.   
   5. echo-server.com withholds the result for a specified time before client   
   gets it.   
      
   But I'm at loss finding if such "echo-service" exist and where that   
   "somewhere" is.   
   Anybody got the idea what I'm talking about or is the idea totally feeble?   
      
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