This is to announce the release of Pound v1.8.1. This is a bug-fix interim 
release.

Changes in this version:
- fixed a problem with thread locking for session matching. This may have 
caused problems with session mismatches in heavily loaded servers with 
multiple back-end groups.
- added a call to SSL_library_init() to ensure compatability with some 
versions of OpenSSL
- added support for faster closing of sockets to avoid issues with IE clients 
(broken MS TCP implementation).

The software is at version 1.8.1 (beta quality). Further testing 
(especially under heavy loads), improvements and suggestions are
welcome.[...]

Robert Segall wrote:
[...]
Based on initial tests, is this version less reliable than Pound 1.8?  
Unless new bugs are detected, it sounds like it'd be more reliable...

BTW, I found this Siege (free) to be quite useful in testing heavy http 
loads.  Very easy & able to specify number of concurrent threads, 
requests, etc.

http://www.joedog.org/siege/index.php

Hope others find it as useful in testing pound.

On Sunday 13 February 2005 07:19, FX wrote:[...]

It's a small bug-fix release, thus should be more "stable" than 1.8.[...]