PacketPy is an open-source solution for stress testing network devices using different testing methods. Currently, you can choose from four types of payloads: ICMP, TCP, UDP and HTTP. Each has more options, with different solutions.
- First, clone the repository
- Second, make sure you have all the dependencies installed, listed here
- Third, go into the repository and run
python3 packetpy-ui.py - Enjoy!
ICMP payloads can vary from randomized byte size, spoofed source address and more, and I have included the following:
- ICMP-Fixed, this has the same payload each time
- ICMP-Linear, this will increase the payload by 1 byte each packet
- ICMP-Randomized, this will
UDP payloads can also vary by destination port and source port, of which the source port can be spoofed, as well as the source IP. Currently, there is only one payload that I have coded in the past, that being UDP-Raw. It can send raw packets as fast as the NIC can send.
TCP payloads can overwhelm certain applications running behind a TCP port. One way to abuse the TCP protocol is by sending so many SYN requests so that the recieving end cannot handle that many connections. For IDS/IPS evasion, I've also built in another payload where you can select what source IPv4 to use for outgoint SYN requests, but it needs to be run with equivelent permissions so that Python can create a raw socket in order to spoof the IP. Currently, this payload is limited by single thread performance.
HTTP payloads are layer 7 payloads that overwhelms websites by sending many GET / POST requests to the HTTP server.
For Windows 7 and later, you need Npcap or Winpcap, Requests, which can be installd with pip install requests , and Scapy, which can be installed with pip install scapy.
For Linux, you need to install Scapy, which can be installed with pip install scapy, and Requests, which can be installed with pip install requests.