LOIC performs a denial-of-service (DoS) attack (or when used by multiple
individuals, a DDoS attack) on a target site by flooding the server
with TCP udp or UDP packets with the intention of disrupting the service
of a particular host. People have used LOIC to join voluntary botnets.
Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) is an
open source network stress testing and denial-of-service attack
application, written in C#. LOIC was initially developed by Praetox
Technologies, but was later released into the public domain, and now is
hosted on several open source platforms.
The software has inspired the creation of an independent JavaScript
version called JS LOIC, as well as LOIC-derrived web version called Low
Orbit Web Cannon. These enable a DoS from a web browser.
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