OWASP HTTP Post Tool

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OWASP Switchblade Introduction OWASP Switchblade is a denial of service tool used for testing the availability, performance and capacity planning of a web application to be proactive about this type of risk condition Description The projected started in 2000 as a way to test the capacity of simultaneous users connected to a web application. Licensing OWASP Switchblade is free to use. It is licensed under the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license], so you can copy, distribute and transmit the work, and you can adapt it, and use it commercially, but all provided that you attribute the work and if you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

What is Switchblade OWASP Switchblade provides (3) different types of denial of service conditions that can be tested from a single machine SSL Half Connect HTTP Post Attack Slowloris Presentation Link to presentation Project Leader Tom Brennan Related Projects OWASP Testing Guide Openhub OWASP Project Ohloh

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Q1 Can I get in trouble for using this tool against a website I am not authorized to test?

A1 Yes. Don't create problems, create solutions.

Q2 Can I use this tool to test for free?

A2 The tool is released open-source to the community.

Volunteers

Switchblade is developed by ProactiveRISK team. The primary contributors to date have been:

• Tom Brennan
• Sam Jensen
• Ryan Barnett

Involvement in the development and promotion of the Switchblade is actively encouraged! You do not have to be a security expert in order to contribute. Some of the ways you can help:

• Demonstrate the tools ability to effect availability of any system using SSL, HTTP Post etc.

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RELEASE(S) INFO What releases are available for this project?

what is this project? Name: OWASP HTTP Post Tool (home page) Purpose: A tool for the purpose of performing web application security assessment around the availability concerns. License: GPLv3 who is working on this project? Project Leader(s): Tom Brenann @ how can you learn more? Project Pamphlet: Not Yet Created Project Presentation: View Mailing list: Mailing List Archives Project Roadmap: View Key Contacts Contact Tom Brenann @ to contribute to this project Contact Tom Brenann @ to review or sponsor this project

current release HttpDosTool3 - 26 November 2006 - (download) Release description: A tool for load testing HTTP Denial of Service from POST. Rating: Not Reviewed - Assessment Details last reviewed release Not Yet Reviewed other releases HttpDosTool3