import socket
import signal
import time

# http://www.free.fr/
ADDRESS = ('212.27.48.10', 80)

def sig_noop(*args):
    pass

old_handler = signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, sig_noop)
try:
    signal.setitimer(signal.ITIMER_REAL, 0.001, 0.001)

    t0 = time.monotonic()
    nconn = 0
    try:
        print("Press CTRL+c to stop")
        while True:
            sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
            with sock:
                sock.connect(ADDRESS)
            nconn += 1
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        pass
    dt = time.monotonic() - t0
    print("%s connections in %.1f sec" % (nconn, dt))
finally:
    signal.alarm(0)
    signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, old_handler)