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HOIC – LOIC’s successor made by the hacktivist group Anonymous

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HOIC (AKA: H.O.I.C., short for High Orbit Ion Cannon) is a free and open-source network stress testing and DoS/DDoS attacking application for Windows, Mac and Linux. It was written in Visual Basic and C#, developed by Anonymous (a hacktivist collective) during the Operation Payback after federal agents shut down Megaupload, and released as LOIC‘s predecessor.

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XOIC – Launch DoS attack with TCP/HTTP/UDP/ICMP message

XOIC is another foolproof DoS/DDoS attack launching tool (euphemistically called server stress testing tool) for Windows. It executes (D)DoS attacks to the target IP Address based on the port and protocol selected by user. Its developer claims that XOIC is more powerful than LOIC in many ways.

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LOIC – Popular network stress testing application

LOIC (short for Low Orbit Ion Cannon) is a free and open-source network/website stress testing tool initially developed by Praetox Technologies (currently maintained by the open source community) with C# in 2014. It’s made for educational purposes only (that’s to say, you should not use this software for illegal or unethical purposes, including activities that give rise to criminal or civil liability), and intended to help server owners develop a “hacker defense” attitude.

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