open source tool

Tool Name Category

LOIC DDoS

XOIC DDoS

OWASP Switchblade DDoS

hping3 Firewall setings

netcat ACL,Firewall settings

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Source Description
DDoS using ICMP and UDP
packets to saturate bandwidth of
target
https://sourceforge.net/projects/loic/
DDoS using HTTP,TCP,ICMP and
UDP packets to saturate bandwidth
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xoic/ of target
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/O DDoS against HTTP serivce using
WASP_HTTP_Post_Tool HTTP Post and Slowloris attack
its command line TCP/IP packet
http://www.hping.org/ assembler and analyzer
Using netcat instance across test
and target machine to test ACL
http://nc110.sourceforge.net/ permission.

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Resource page

http://0daysecurity.com/articles/hping3_examples.html

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Features Feature Description hping3

Command-line
oriented TCP/IP
packet
Tools Description assembler/analyzer
Command Line Yes
GUI No
Ping Yes
Scan the ports at
target and reply for
Port scanning the available port Yes
1. Send SYN packet
2. Ignore Response
3. Different Source IP
DoS address Yes
Set DF and MF as 1
and flooding the
IP Fragment Attack packets Yes
ICMP Attack Yes
UDP Attack Yes
TCP Attack Yes
HTTP Attack Yes

DDOS Partially

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LOIC XOIC OWASP SwitchBlade NETCAT

Used to test the
stability of web
Performs a DoS application.
attack on a target 1. HTTPS POST Port scanner
site by flooding the Flooding TCP and UDP data
server with TCP or 2. SSL Renegotiation transfer
UDP packets 3. Slow Headers Not a DDOS
No NO YES
Yes YES NO
No NO NO

No NO Yes
Tool Not
available

Yes YES No

No NO No
No NO No
Yes NO No
Yes NO No
Yes YES No

Yes (with additional

IRC servers to be
configured) YES No

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