SYNOPSIS
goldeneye <URL> [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
GoldenEye is a HTTP DoS Test Tool. This tool can be used to test if a site is susceptible to Deny of Service (DoS) attacks. Is possible to open several parallel connections against a URL to check if the web server can be compromised.The program tests the security in networks and uses 'HTTP Keep Alive + NoCache' as attack vector.
OPTIONS
- -u, --useragents
- File with user-agents to use. Default: randomly generated. On Debian systems, there are lists of user-agents at /usr/share/goldeneye/useragents/ directory.
- -w, --workers
- Number of concurrent workers. Default: 10.
- -s, --sockets
- Number of concurrent sockets. Default: 500.
- -m, --method
- HTTP method to use. Values: 'get', 'post' and 'random'. Default: get.
- -d, --debug
- Enable debug mode [more verbose output].
- -h, --help
- Show this help.
NOTES
GoldenEye can create several concurrent workers and it can use all local resources. Choose good parameters to avoid local problems.AUTHOR
GoldenEye was written by Jan Seidl <[email protected]>.This manual page was written by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <[email protected]> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).