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Revision as of 19:32, 12 June 2015

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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 created by Tom Brennan


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


Quick Download

Email List

N/A

News and Events

  • [20 Nov 2013] News 2
  • [30 Sep 2013] News 1


In Print

This project can be purchased as a print on demand book from Lulu.com


Classifications

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Switchblade

Switchblade is a tool used to conduct load testing on a web application running IIS or Apache sponsored by ProactiveRISK

Introduction

The OWASP Testing Guide v3 (Section 4.9) Denial of Service Testing outlines numerous areas of Denial of Service. This QA tool was created to allow you to test your web applications to test availability concerns from Layer7 DoS HTTP GET and HTTP POST denial of service attacks and SSL half connects


Description

This tool is used to test production load of systems to reach capacity.

It should NOT be used from a coffee shop to cause denial of service conditions to websites that you do not own.

Licensing

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 Switchblade V4.x

Switchblade provides QA testing for Layer7 Denial of Service

  • SSL Half Connect
  • HTTP Slow Post
  • HTTP Slowloris

Presentation

Project Leader

Tom Brennan


Related Projects

Ohloh


Quick Download


Email List

N/A

21-Aug-2014 Version 4.0 Released

Classifications

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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.
PROJECT INFO
What does this OWASP project offer you?
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):
how can you learn more?
Project Pamphlet: Not Yet Created
Project Presentation: View
Mailing list: Mailing List Archives
Project Roadmap: View
Key Contacts
current release
HttpDosTool3 - 26 November 2006 - (download)
Release description: A tool for load testing HTTP Denial of Service from POST.
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last reviewed release
Not Yet Reviewed


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