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Re: Worm generating network attack traffic?
From: Greg Shipley <gshipley () neohapsis com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 17:11:15 -0600
I think it is important to note that: (Traffic generated by vulnerability scanners) != (attack traffic) While vulnerability assessment (VA) scanners can/will generate alerts I would advise against using them if you want to do any kind of real analysis. In fact, you probably don't want an IDS that is going to mistake something like a service probe / banner grab (which is what many VA checks actually are) with an actual attack. Any IDS that does is going to be *highly* false positive prone... FWIW, I have found tools such as Core Impact, Metasploit, and Canvas to be far better options for testing IDS/IPS signature engines. Just my .02, -Greg On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Skyler.Bingham () londen-insurance com wrote:
Nessus is useful for this as it has thousands of checks that will generate a ton of attack traffic. The attacks are categorized by type, so you can limit the generated traffic to specific types of attacks (Windows, FTP, DoS, etc.). Metasploit can be used for very targeted attacks (specific exploits) which can be tweaked with different evasion options which is useful for testing IDSes. Both of these tools can be run from Windows. http://www.nessus.org/nessus/ http://metasploit.org/ Skyler Bingham GIAC {GSEC, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA}, CEH (602) 957-1650 x1139 listbounce () securityfocus com wrote on 12/02/2008 11:13:11 PM:Hi Does anyone know any tools which can be used to generate network attack traffic ? It is for the purpose of testing IDSs OR for collecting offline intrusion detection dataset like 1999 DARPA dataset. I have windows xp installed so i need a tool or worm tool to generate network traffic sothati can collect by wireshark. waiting ur reply. Thanks>------------------------------------------------------------------------ Test Your IDS Is your IDS deployed correctly? Find out quickly and easily by testing it with real-world attacks from CORE IMPACT. Go to http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php5?module=Form&action=impact&campaign=intro_sfw to learn more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Test Your IDS Is your IDS deployed correctly? Find out quickly and easily by testing it with real-world attacks from CORE IMPACT. Go to http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php5?module=Form&action=impact&campaign=intro_sfw to learn more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Worm generating network attack traffic? isb_boy3 (Dec 03)
- Re: Worm generating network attack traffic? Tim Grossner (Dec 03)
- Re: Worm generating network attack traffic? Skyler . Bingham (Dec 04)
- Re: Worm generating network attack traffic? Greg Shipley (Dec 05)
- Re: Worm generating network attack traffic? Skyler . Bingham (Dec 08)
- Re: Worm generating network attack traffic? Greg Shipley (Dec 05)
- RE: Worm generating network attack traffic? Libershal, David M. (Dec 04)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Worm generating network attack traffic? chris (Dec 04)
- Re: Worm generating network attack traffic? Jose Nazario (Dec 05)