Best known by its acronym, is a LOIC application that performs a DoS attack ( Denial of Service, or denial of service in Spanish). It works by sending a large number of TCP, UDP or HTTP requests to a target IP address until the server in question to stop working.
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Praetox was initially developed by technology and then released into the public domain . It is written in C # and as such runs on. NET and Mono . The name is a tribute to the eponymous fictional weapon (Ion Cannon ) for some games in the series Command & Conquer .
We alsoas LOIQ implementation variants, programmed in C + + with Qt 4 under GPLv3; JSLOIC done run javaScript allowing web browser without installing anything (although with the limitation that only makes the attack of HTTP requests ) and an update IRCLOIC NewEraCracker developed by allowing cede control of the client to an IRC channel operator to perform a coordinated attack .
Notably
LOIC and its variants are the flagship of the group hacktivist Anonymous . They were used in its various operations DDoS (Distributed DoS )-that is coordinated attacks. For example, yesterday January 19, 2012, Anonymous managed to put out of service The Department of Justice website and the FBI in retaliation for the close of Megaupload and detention of their workers, because alleged charges of hacking, just a few hours before.
without further ado, here are links to download source and binary:
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