A slowloris attack is able to run through the Tor network if target
server is vulnerable. The attack is based on consuming sockets by being
really slow and keeping sockets open. It wouldn't criple the tor
network.
However any sensible sys admin would be able to either block all tor
exits orset up a proxy to remove the vulnerability.
So basing a slow loris attack of tor does have some potential but it is
easy to defend against. (luckily) tor is not that usefull for attacking
websites this way ;)
Gijs
On 2012-11-07 21:44, Chris Smart wrote:
thanks Roger. :)
At 03:39 PM 11/7/2012, you wrote:
On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 03:35:38PM -0500, Chris Smart wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> Disclaimer: The following question refers to website testing,
> vulnerability identification etc.
>
> Please bare in mind that I am an end user and not very
knowledgeable
> about internet security or so-called "white hat" activity.
>
> While researching DoS activities, many people recommend LOIC. I'm
> using Windows 7 and the latest Tor Browser. How do I integrate
LOIC
> and Tor?
I haven't looked in detail at the LOIC design, but:
a) If you're trying to send UDP packets (or anything other than
correctly
formed TCP streams), it won't work because Tor doesn't transport
that.
https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq-abuse#DDoS
b) If you're trying to open a bazillion TCP connections or something,
you'll likely end up DoSing the Tor network way before your target
site notices.
Or to phrase it more simply: "don't do that and also it wouldn't do
what
you want."
--Roger
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