--- name: "denial6" section: "8" platform: "linux" package: "thc-ipv6" version: "3.8-4" release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/denial6" --- # denial6(8) ## NAME **denial6** ## SYNOPSIS denial6 interface destination test-case-number Performs various denial of service attacks on a target If a system is vulnerable, it can crash or be under heavy load, so be careful! ## The following test cases are currently implemented 1 : large hop-by-hop header with router-alert and filled with unknown options\ 2 : large destination header filled with unknown options\ 3 : hop-by-hop header with router alert option plus 180 headers\ 4 : hop-by-hop header with router alert option plus 178 headers + ping\ 5 : AH header + ping\ 6 : first fragments of a ping with a hop-by-hop header with router alert\ 7 : large hop-by-hop header filled with unknown options (no router alert) ## AUTHOR thc-ipv6 was written by van Hauser \ / THC The homepage for this toolkit is: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6 ## COPYRIGHT denial6 3.8 (c) 2020 by van Hauser / THC \ www.github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6