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| author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 03:21:44 -0400 |
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| committer | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 03:21:44 -0400 |
| commit | 89fa519091c60ac36fbc0fddd0ed54cf46a230bb (patch) | |
| tree | fe9a0f4d60813bfc621300403ed95cb51b981e20 /network/slowhttptest | |
| parent | 5a5312e7c108e458084b7a2a37489d5639ffcf25 (diff) | |
network/slowhttptest: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | network/slowhttptest/README | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/network/slowhttptest/README b/network/slowhttptest/README index 61eaf15d50bf0..95f408733af91 100644 --- a/network/slowhttptest/README +++ b/network/slowhttptest/README @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ slowhttptest (stress testing tool/DoS simulator) -SlowHTTPTest is a highly configurable tool that simulates some Application -Layer Denial of Service attacks. It works on majority of Linux platforms, -OSX and Cygwin - a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for -Microsoft Windows. +SlowHTTPTest is a highly configurable tool that simulates some +Application Layer Denial of Service attacks. It works on majority +of Linux platforms, OSX and Cygwin - a Unix-like environment and +command-line interface for Microsoft Windows. It implements most common low-bandwidth Application Layer DoS attacks, -such as slowloris, Slow HTTP POST, Slow Read attack (based on TCP persist -timer exploit) by draining concurrent connections pool, as well as Apache -Range Header attack by causing very significant memory and CPU usage on -the server. +such as slowloris, Slow HTTP POST, Slow Read attack (based on TCP +persist timer exploit) by draining concurrent connections pool, as +well as Apache Range Header attack by causing very significant memory +and CPU usage on the server. Slowloris and Slow HTTP POST DoS attacks rely on the fact that the HTTP protocol, by design, requires requests to be completely received by the @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ and reads the response slowly. DISCLAIMER: Keep in mind that slowhttptest is of little use as a script kiddie tool. It cannot be pointed blindly at arbitrary targets, -like e.g. LOIC. Rather, where it excels is in its breadth of attack +like e.g. LOIC. Rather, where it excels is in its breadth of attack options, high customizability and its in-depth analytics. As such, it will be mostly useful for server administrators trying to stress test their systems. |