Hugo Mills <hugo@???> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:21:38PM +0000, Nick
> Chalk wrote:
>> Can anyone suggest a tool or technique for
>> generating a packet flood attack from a Linux
>> box, or small group of them?
> If I remember aright, there's a packet
> generator, for test purposes, in the netfilter
> code in the kernel. Might be worth a look?
It was, thanks Hugo.
With a little help from the instructions and
scripts here:
ftp://robur.slu.se/pub/Linux/net-development/pktgen-testing/
I've managed to monopolise the Cisco router with a
single packet stream. I've yet to measure how many
packets/s it can generate, as the router is too
busy even to update its interface stats.
Now for the real work of trying to keep the router
responsive under that load.
Nick.
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Nick Chalk ................. once a Radio Designer
Confidence is failing to understand the problem.
