Nessus is a vulnerability scanner: http://www.nessus.org/nessus/
Ixia provides a full Nessus implementation in one of its platform. Bit. On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 07:45 +0100, jul wrote: > Hello nanogers, > > Following the multiple thread on ddos attack, I was asking myself how > someone could test chosen solutions. > In most cases, you can't load your Internet access in the same way > attackers will (does someone have a botners with ten thousands computers > or more :) ?) > But a solution to test basic attack (synflood, slowloris, socktress, > ...) with 10 to hundred computers would be interesting, so not a tool > but more a service. > > Found only Parabon [1] on Google > > Does someone know something similar ? > > Thanks > Best regards, > > Jul > > Note: Please, don't forget this kind of public tests have some serious > legal impact and you need to have an agreement with your ISP/operators > to do it in most countries. > Note2: Google has a lot of answers. Most of them are about tool and > methodology, so not sure for a live test. I'm not looking for a lab > solution but real one with business acceptation (and a wise choice on > the hours of the test so front-end can be switch to "maintenance mode") > > [1] New grid service simulates DDoS attacks, May 2009 > http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/security-products/business-continuity/news/index.cfm?newsId=14640 >
