diff --git a/example-jetty-embedded/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/embedded/LikeJettyXml.java b/example-jetty-embedded/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/embedded/LikeJettyXml.java
index 0cbb2b61afc..b9371e698c3 100644
--- a/example-jetty-embedded/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/embedded/LikeJettyXml.java
+++ b/example-jetty-embedded/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/embedded/LikeJettyXml.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.RequestLogHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.StatisticsHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.nio.SelectChannelConnector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ssl.SslSelectChannelConnector;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ssl.SslSocketConnector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Log;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ public class LikeJettyXml
         connector.setPort(8080);
         connector.setMaxIdleTime(30000);
         connector.setConfidentialPort(8443);
-        connector.setStatsOn(true);
+        connector.setStatsOn(false);
         
         server.setConnectors(new Connector[]
         { connector });
@@ -86,11 +87,17 @@ public class LikeJettyXml
                     "SSL_DHE_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA",
                     "SSL_DHE_DSS_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA"
                 });
-        ssl_connector.setStatsOn(true);
+        ssl_connector.setStatsOn(false);
         server.addConnector(ssl_connector);
         ssl_connector.open();
-
         
+        SslSocketConnector ssl2_connector = new SslSocketConnector(cf);
+        ssl2_connector.setPort(8444);
+        ssl2_connector.setStatsOn(false);
+        server.addConnector(ssl2_connector);
+        ssl2_connector.open();
+
+       
         /*
         
         Ajp13SocketConnector ajp = new Ajp13SocketConnector();
diff --git a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/Curl.java b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/Curl.java
index 1e7c1da3913..be0368b75c3 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/Curl.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/Curl.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package org.eclipse.jetty.client;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
@@ -33,11 +35,26 @@ public class Curl
         client.start();
         boolean async=true;
         boolean dump= false;
+        boolean verbose= false;
         
-        final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(args.length);
+        
+        int urls=0;
+        for (String arg : args)
+        {
+            if (!arg.startsWith("-"))
+                urls++;
+        }
+
+        final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(urls);        
         
         for (String arg : args)
         {
+            if ("--verbose".equals(arg))
+            {
+                verbose=true;
+                continue;
+            }
+            
             if ("--sync".equals(arg))
             {
                 async=false;
@@ -63,6 +80,7 @@ public class Curl
             }
 
             final boolean d = dump;
+            final boolean v = verbose;
             HttpExchange ex = new HttpExchange()
             {
                 AtomicBoolean counted=new AtomicBoolean(false);
@@ -105,7 +123,8 @@ public class Curl
                     super.onResponseContent(content);
                     if (d)
                         System.out.print(content.toString());
-                    System.err.println("got "+content.length());
+                    if (v)
+                        System.err.println("got "+content.length());
                 }
 
                 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
@@ -116,7 +135,8 @@ public class Curl
                 protected void onResponseHeader(Buffer name, Buffer value) throws IOException
                 {
                     super.onResponseHeader(name,value);
-                    System.err.println(name+": "+value);
+                    if (v)
+                        System.err.println(name+": "+value);
                 }
 
                 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
@@ -127,7 +147,8 @@ public class Curl
                 protected void onResponseHeaderComplete() throws IOException
                 {
                     super.onResponseHeaderComplete();
-                    System.err.println();
+                    if (v)
+                        System.err.println();
                 }
 
                 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
@@ -138,7 +159,8 @@ public class Curl
                 protected void onResponseStatus(Buffer version, int status, Buffer reason) throws IOException
                 {
                     super.onResponseStatus(version,status,reason);
-                    System.err.println(version+" "+status+" "+reason);
+                    if (v)
+                        System.err.println(version+" "+status+" "+reason);
                 }
             };
             
diff --git a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/Siege.java b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/Siege.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8fa2f9585c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/Siege.java
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+package org.eclipse.jetty.client;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpMethods;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.Buffer;
+
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/** 
+ */
+public class Siege
+{
+    private static final class ConcurrentExchange extends HttpExchange
+    {
+        private final long _start=System.currentTimeMillis();
+        private final HttpClient _client;
+        private final CountDownLatch _latch;
+        volatile int _status;
+        volatile int _count;
+        final List<String> _uris;
+        final int _repeats;
+        int _u;
+        int _r;
+        
+        AtomicBoolean counted=new AtomicBoolean(false);
+
+        public ConcurrentExchange(HttpClient client,CountDownLatch latch, List<String> uris, int repeats)
+        {
+            _client = client;
+            _latch = latch;
+            _uris = uris;
+            _repeats = repeats;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void onConnectionFailed(Throwable ex)
+        {
+            if (!counted.getAndSet(true))
+                _latch.countDown();
+            super.onConnectionFailed(ex);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void onException(Throwable ex)
+        {
+            if (!counted.getAndSet(true))
+                _latch.countDown();
+            super.onException(ex);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void onExpire()
+        {
+            if (!counted.getAndSet(true))
+                _latch.countDown();
+            super.onExpire();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void onResponseComplete() throws IOException
+        {
+            if (_status==200)
+                _count++;
+            if (!next() && !counted.getAndSet(true))
+            {
+                _latch.countDown();
+                long duration=System.currentTimeMillis()-_start;
+                System.err.printf("Got %d/%d in %dms %d%n",_count,_uris.size()*_repeats,duration,_latch.getCount());
+            }
+        }
+
+        /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+        /**
+         * @see org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpExchange#onResponseHeader(org.eclipse.jetty.io.Buffer, org.eclipse.jetty.io.Buffer)
+         */
+        @Override
+        protected void onResponseHeader(Buffer name, Buffer value) throws IOException
+        {
+            super.onResponseHeader(name,value);                
+            if ("Set-Cookie".equalsIgnoreCase(name.toString()))
+            {
+                String v=value.toString();
+                int c = v.indexOf(';');
+                if (c>=0)
+                    v=v.substring(0,c);
+                addRequestHeader("Cookie",v);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+        /**
+         * @see org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpExchange#onResponseHeaderComplete()
+         */
+        @Override
+        protected void onResponseHeaderComplete() throws IOException
+        {
+            super.onResponseHeaderComplete();
+        }
+
+        /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+        /**
+         * @see org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpExchange#onResponseStatus(org.eclipse.jetty.io.Buffer, int, org.eclipse.jetty.io.Buffer)
+         */
+        @Override
+        protected void onResponseStatus(Buffer version, int status, Buffer reason) throws IOException
+        {
+            _status=status;
+            super.onResponseStatus(version,status,reason);
+        }
+
+        public boolean next()
+        {
+            if (_u>=_uris.size())
+            {
+                _u=0;
+                _r++;
+                if (_r>=_repeats)
+                    return false;
+            }
+            
+            String uri=_uris.get(_u++);
+            
+            reset();
+            setMethod(HttpMethods.GET);
+            setURL(uri);
+
+            try
+            {
+                _client.send(this);
+            }
+            catch(IOException e)
+            {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+                return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args)
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        if (args.length==0)
+            args=new String[] 
+                 { "-c", "2", "-r", "2", "http://localhost:8080/dump", "http://localhost:8080/d.txt"};
+        
+        int concurrent=1;
+        int repeats=1;
+        final List<String> uris = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+        for (int i=0; i<args.length; i++)
+        {
+            String arg=args[i];
+            if ("-c".equals(arg))
+            {
+                concurrent=Integer.parseInt(args[++i]);
+                continue;
+            }
+            
+            if ("-r".equals(arg))
+            {
+                repeats=Integer.parseInt(args[++i]);
+                continue;
+            }
+            
+            uris.add(arg);
+        }
+        
+        
+        HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
+        client.setConnectorType(HttpClient.CONNECTOR_SELECT_CHANNEL);
+        client.setIdleTimeout(30000);
+        client.setConnectTimeout(30000);
+        client.setMaxConnectionsPerAddress(concurrent*2);
+        client.start();
+        
+        final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(concurrent);   
+        
+        
+        for (int i=0;i<concurrent;i++)
+        {
+            ConcurrentExchange ex = new ConcurrentExchange(client,latch,uris,repeats);
+            if (!ex.next())
+                latch.countDown();
+        }
+        
+        latch.await();
+    }
+}