network/LOIC/README



LOIC - the Low Orbit Ion Cannon

LOIC is an open source network attack application, written in C#. LOIC
was initially developed by Praetox Technologies, but later it was
released into the public domain

LOIC performs a denial-of-service (DoS) attack (or when used by
multiple individuals, a DDoS attack) on a target site by flooding
the server with TCP packets, UDP packets, or HTTP requests with the
intention of disrupting the service of a particular host. People have
used LOIC to join voluntary botnets.

This SlackBuild simply builds a package from the binaries. If you
would like to build it from source, you might want to consider loiq.

mono is needed to run LOIC:

  mono /opt/LOIC/LOIC.exe

A handy script /usr/bin/loic and a basic desktop integration file have
been included for ease of use.

WARNING:

We are not responsible for the use that you give to this tool. You
cannot blame us if you use this tool to attack servers you don't own
and get caught. This script is released for educational purposes only.