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# [[Protocol-based load testing]]
Protocol-based [[Load Testing]] verifies the [[Backend performance testing|back-end performance]] of an application not by simulating real users accessing an application [[Browser-based testing|through a browser]] but by simulating the underlying requests that are made to an application server.
## [[Tips for writing protocol-based load testing scripts with k6]]
## Tools for protocol-based load testing
![[Load Testing Tool#Protocol-based Load Testing Tools]]
## [[Browser-based vs protocol-based testing]]
## Testing different protocols
- HTTP
- [[API Load Testing - A Beginner's Guide]]
- [[LDAP]]
- [[Testing LDAP with JMeter]]
- [[HLS]]
- [[Testing video streaming]]