Network stress tester (Denial Of Service)

Prerequisites:

Install the required modules with:

$ python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage:

$ python3 dos.py [options] | [<destination> <# of threads> [flags]]

Flags:

• -v, --verbose: verbose output.

• -p, --python: use python's requests module instead of curl. This is much slower and more error prone at high thread counts. Only use this option if you do not have curl.

Options:

• -h, --help: prints help message.

• -V, --version: prints version information.

• -l, --legal: prints legal information.

Press enter to stop, and kill all child threads.

For effective results on a single, relatively low-power server, a few thousand threads will do.

Target web pages that include back-end processing for best results.

Legal disclosure

In addition to the MIT License, this further legal disclosure applies:

I (Theo Henson) am not responsible for the repercussions that you (a user of this software) may face through the illegal usage of this software, nor am I responsible for the damage that any user causes, using this software. By using this software, you take full responsibility, in other words, *use at your own risk*.