DDoS Attack Testing

Purpose

Conduct authorized denial of service testing to assess network resilience and configure intrusion detection systems (IDS) to detect and alert on various DoS attack patterns. This skill covers volume-based, protocol-based, and application-layer attacks using command-line and GUI tools, along with Snort IDS rule configuration for detection.

Prerequisites

Required Tools

# Hping3 - packet crafting and flooding
sudo apt-get install hping3

# LOIC/HOIC - GUI-based stress testing
# Download from authorized sources only

# Slowloris - Application layer testing
git clone https://github.com/gkbrk/slowloris