[tor-talk] DoS and TOR?

[Chris Smart]

thanks Roger. :)




At 03:39 PM 11/7/2012, you wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 03:35:38PM -0500, Chris Smart wrote:
> > Hi folks.
> >
> > Disclaimer: The following question refers to website testing,
> > vulnerability identification etc.
> >
> > Please bare in mind that I am an end user and not very 
> knowledgeable
> > about internet security or so-called "white hat" activity.
> >
> > While researching DoS activities, many people recommend LOIC.  I'm
> > using Windows 7 and the latest Tor Browser.  How do I integrate 
> LOIC
> > and Tor?
>
>I haven't looked in detail at the LOIC design, but:
>
>a) If you're trying to send UDP packets (or anything other than 
>correctly
>formed TCP streams), it won't work because Tor doesn't transport that.
>https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq-abuse#DDoS
>
>b) If you're trying to open a bazillion TCP connections or something,
>you'll likely end up DoSing the Tor network way before your target
>site notices.
>
>Or to phrase it more simply: "don't do that and also it wouldn't 
>do what
>you want."
>
>--Roger
>
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