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Re: DDos within a pentest

Subject: Re: DDos within a pentest
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 21:12:38 +0200

Dear Julian Totzek,

Considering this :
JT> I don?t want to get a bandwidth overload, I just want
JT> to show that the server is not able to handle all the syn packets.

I don't understand this :
JT> We only have a 2Mbit line here in the office, so if I need to
JT> flood a 10Mbit line there will not be enough packets to do this,
JT> right?

If you send SYN packets to an open port with active services you won't
need a 2mbit line to DoS a 10mbit line, except of course your into
traffic exhaustion which your first statement however negates.

JT> The third question is what will be the side effects if I send
JT> packets with spoofed sources?
If the spoofed sources exist they will be flooded with SYN+ACKS or FIN
packets from the host you attack. You might one to choose to spoof an
IP which isn't alive.

JT> As you all know I don't a answer to
JT> my packets, but would it be a DDos to all spoofed sources then?
Depends on how often you change the decoys (spoofed ingress addresses)

JT> How can you ensure that only the main target is getting flooded?
Testen testen testen.


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Thierry Zoller
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