NAME
slowloris - Security testing tool for web servers
SYNOPSIS
slowloris [OPTION]... HOST
DESCRIPTION
Open source tool used to perform Denial of Service (DoS) attacks on web servers. Slowloris exploits a vulnerability in web servers called “Keep-Alive” to exhaust server resources and make them inaccessible.
USAGE
slowloris [OPTIONS] host
OPTIONS
- -p, --port
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Specifies the target web server's port (default: 80).
- -s, --sockets
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Specifies the number of simultaneous sockets to use (default: 100).
- -v, --verbose
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Increases logging level for terminal output.
- -ua, --randuseragents
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Randomizes user agents with each request.
- -x, --useproxy
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Utilizes a SOCKS5 proxy for connections.
- --https
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Uses the HTTPS protocol for requests.
- --sleep
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Sets a sleep time interval between each header sent.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: $ slowloris -p 80 -s 200 example.com
Example 2: $ slowloris -x --proxy-host=proxy.example.com --proxy-port=1080 example.com
AUTHORS
Slowloris was created by: Gokberk Yaltirakli <[email protected]>
This manual page was written by Josenison Ferreira da Silva <[email protected]> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
BUG REPORTS
Report bugs to https://github.com/gkbrk/slowloris/issues