Overview

A DDoS simulation attack for educational purposes

Environment Setup

Kali Linux & Debian Wheezy

1. Download Kali Linux

   Or from terminal: curl -L http://cdimage.kali.org/kali-2016.2/kali-linux-2016.2-amd64.iso>kali-linux-2016.2-amd64.iso

2. Download Debian Wheezy

   Or from terminal: curl -L http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/7.11.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.11.0-amd64-netinst.iso>debian-7.11.0-amd64-netinst.iso

3. Install on VMware Fusion or VirtualBox

Loic (Low Orbit Ion Cannon)

An open source network stress tool, written in C#. Based on Praetox's LOIC project

SOURCE

Disclaimer

This tool is released for educational purposes only, with the intent of helping server owners develop a "Hacker Defense" attitude. This tool comes without any warranty at all.

You may not use this software for any illegal or unethical purpose; including activities which would give rise to criminal or civil liability.

Under no event shall the Licensor be responsible for the activities, or any misdeeds, conducted by the Licensee.

Running LOIC on LINUX / MACOSX and WINDOWS

Follow instructions to run LOIC

Running LOIC on Kali

Since set-up can be tedious, follow the instructions below for running LOIC on Kali:

1. Download & extract Windows binaries: https://github.com/NewEraCracker/LOIC/releases

2. Install Mono -- More info

   sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF

   echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-xamarin.list

   sudo apt-get update

   sudo apt-get upgrade

3. Install Packages -- More info

   sudo apt-get install mono-devel

   sudo apt-get install mono-complete

   sudo apt-get install referenceassemblies-pcl

   sudo apt-get install ca-certificates-mono

   sudo apt-get install mono-xsp4

4. Open terminal and type mono /path_to_loic/debug/LOIC.exe

5. LOIC will now run

Setting up Raspberry Pi

Raspbian Linux

1. Download Raspbian Linux

2. Install Raspberry Pi OS image on an SD card

3. Insert SD card in RPi & boot up

Running a Local Server

1. Install NGINX

   sudo apt-get install nginx

2. NGINX usually starts after installation. Double check it's running

   sudo netstat -an | grep LISTEN | grep :80

Add Target Website

1. Download "Wildlife Photography"

2. Add files to /var/www in NGINX in RPi