Information about the package, slowhttptest, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The slowhttptest package is designed for, An Application Layer DoS attack simulator.
Package Name:
slowhttptest
Summary:
An Application Layer DoS attack simulator
Description:
SlowHTTPTest is a highly configurable tool that simulates some Application Layer Denial of Service attacks. It implements most common low-bandwidth Application Layer DoS attacks, such as slow-loris, Slow HTTP POST, Slow Read attack (based on TCP persist timer exploit) by draining concurrent connections pool, as well as Apache Range Header attack by causing very significant memory and CPU usage on the server.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.6
Release:
2.el6
Size:
29 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the slowhttptest package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install slowhttptest
This command will install slowhttptest on the server.
yum remove slowhttptest
This command will un-install slowhttptest on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove slowhttptest, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove slowhttptest
This command will un-install slowhttptest on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove slowhttptest when using the -y flag.
yum update slowhttptest
This command will update slowhttptest to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove slowhttptest, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update slowhttptest
This command will update slowhttptest to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove slowhttptest when using the -y flag.
yum info slowhttptest
This command will show you core information about the slowhttptest package.
yum deplist slowhttptest
This command will show you the dependencies for slowhttptest. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update slowhttptest
This command will check if there is an update waiting on slowhttptest. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.