---
name: "idswakeup"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "idswakeup"
version: "1.0-4"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/idswakeup"
---

# idswakeup(1)

Network intrusion detection system "waker"

## NAME

idswakeup - Network intrusion detection system "waker"

## SYNOPSIS

**idswakeup** source destination \[ count \] \[ TTL \]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the **idswakeup** command.

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**idswakeup** is a tool to test network intrusion detection systems. It sends many common network attacks signatures, usually recognized by network intrusion detection systems, using **hping2** and  **iwu** , in order to make sure the detection procedure is operational.

## OPTIONS

- **source**

  Source adress to use for generated IP packets during the test.

- **destination**

  IP adress of the NIDS to test.

- **count**

  Number of times to run the test.

- **TTL**

  Generated packets TTL.

## SEE ALSO

**README** file in documentation directory.

**[iwu(1)](/iwu/1.md)** manual page

## AUTHOR

IDSwakeup was written by Stephane Aubert \<Stephane.Aubert@hsc-labs.com\>.

This manual page was written by Thomas Seyrat \<tomasera@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others).