XMPP Performance Analysis: Using Large Volume Traffic from Honeypot Sensor

Kevin Junta Kurniawan; Charles Lim; Kho I Eng

Kevin Junta Kurniawan Swiss German University
Charles Lim Swiss German University
Kho I Eng Swiss German University

Keywords: XMPP, Server Performance, Protocol, Honeypot, Instant Messaging, Sensor

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, we will test the performance Extensible Messaging and Presence
Protocol server, until this point of time XMPP is a well-known for near real-time message
-oriented middleware and for near real time data exchange. But the performance of XMPP
server under huge load itself is still unclear, number of XMPP clients that can be handled by
XMPP server, numerous factor that affect it’s performance, and the throughput of message
transmission.The experiment was done by load testing XMPP server by using Tsung to test
XMPP server with huge number of connection, and XMPP clients from honeypot sensors. The
result from XMPP server performance test is reaching it’s peak when it reach 1000 concurrent
connection established and joining a MUC room. This shows that XMPP is robust but it have a
limit on how many concurrent request it is able to handle.