ctf-tools vs LOIC

ctf-tools

Some setup scripts for security research tools. (by zardus)

Deprecated - Low Orbit Ion Cannon - An open source network stress tool, written in C#. Based on Praetox's LOIC project. USE ON YOUR OWN RISK. WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES. IF YOU GET V& IT IS YOUR FAULT. (by NewEraCracker)

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ctf-tools		LOIC
	Project
3	Mentions	12
8,156	Stars	2,470
-	Growth	-
4.3	Activity	2.7
5 months ago	Latest Commit	4 months ago
Shell	Language	C#
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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ctf-tools

Posts with mentions or reviews of ctf-tools. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-18.

$2000 SGD Budget, Linux Laptop in Singapore
1 project | /r/SuggestALaptop | 9 Sep 2022

WILL be using this laptop for beginner cybersecurity, (picoCTF type) which requires basic installation of a few tools (see [here](https://github.com/zardus/ctf-tools) or [here](https://blogs.nvcc.edu/kdinh/ctftools/) as wel as adobe photoshop, after effects, premiere pro, any one of android x86/genymotion/anbox/appetize io/waydroid Also need basic multitasking ability (one browser with 20 tabs + command line + at least one CTF or video editing tool + Spotify running at once preferably - if ur suggestion does not fit this criteria still feel free to comment, but state it clearly!)
Cyber Security resources
5 projects | dev.to | 18 Jun 2022

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Awesome Penetration Testing
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ctf-tools - Collection of setup scripts to install various security research tools easily and quickly deployable to new machines.

LOIC

Posts with mentions or reviews of LOIC. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-14.

What tools you use for http load testing?
6 projects | /r/linuxadmin | 14 Apr 2023

Good morning what tool do you use to test your infra in terms of http load ? A tool that works, I tested : - https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta but it returns 0 errors or a http_net error from Golang - LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Canon) https://github.com/NewEraCracker/LOIC but the requests do not appear in my nginx logs and I feel no slowdown - Apache Jmeter https://jmeter.apache.org/ but I can't drop my infra and I have Java socket closed errors - K6 https://k6.io/ but I can't bring down my infra with - wrk https://github.com/wg/wrk no matter what parameter I put it doesn't make enough requests per second, I put the same parameters as on a tutorial and I don't get the same result...
how to disable satellite box/wifi network from household computer
1 project | /r/techsupport | 8 Jun 2022

In the meantime you could take a look at this DoS tool, which may help but really can't suggest any tool that can be extremely easy to use for someone who doesn't know about this stuff.
Github is disabling Ukrainian repositories
5 projects | /r/github | 2 Apr 2022
Some information and advice about DDoS, from someone who was there during #opPayback
51 projects | /r/anonymous | 27 Feb 2022

* https://github.com/NewEraCracker/LOIC
Help take down propaganda websites
4 projects | /r/InternetIsBeautiful | 27 Feb 2022
Me with no knowledge of cyber security trying to make a DDoS attack on russian misinformation websites
5 projects | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 26 Feb 2022
Convoy Megathread #40
2 projects | /r/ottawa | 5 Feb 2022

GitHub page for the project if you want to verify what it is: https://github.com/NewEraCracker/LOIC
Awesome Penetration Testing
124 projects | dev.to | 6 Oct 2021

Low Orbit Ion Canon (LOIC) - Open source network stress tool written for Windows.
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1 project | /r/ich_iel | 20 Sep 2021
After 15 years and $500m, the US Navy decides it doesn't need shipboard railguns after all
1 project | /r/news | 8 Jul 2021

They are downloadable!

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ctf-tools and LOIC you can also consider the following projects:

mitmproxy - An interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.

hping - hping network tool

masscan - TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes.

dos-over-tor - Proof of concept denial of service over TOR stress test tool

ZAP - The ZAP core project

blackarch - An ArchLinux based distribution for penetration testers and security researchers.

iodine - Official git repo for iodine dns tunnel

slowloris - Low bandwidth DoS tool. Slowloris rewrite in Python.

dnstwist - Domain name permutation engine for detecting homograph phishing attacks, typo squatting, and brand impersonation

DDoS-Ripper - DDos Ripper a Distributable Denied-of-Service (DDOS) attack server that cuts off targets or surrounding infrastructure in a flood of Internet traffic

Resources-for-Beginner-Bug-Bounty-Hunters - A list of resources for those interested in getting started in bug bounties

openvpn-install - OpenVPN road warrior installer for Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS and Fedora