DeathStress 💀

A powerful CLI-based network stress testing tool designed for authorized penetration testing and infrastructure resilience evaluation.

🚨 LEGAL DISCLAIMER

FOR AUTHORIZED TESTING ONLY

This tool is intended exclusively for:

• Testing your own infrastructure
• Authorized penetration testing with written permission
• Educational and research purposes in controlled environments

Unauthorized use against systems you don't own is illegal and may result in criminal prosecution. The developers assume no responsibility for misuse of this software.

✨ Features

• 🎯 Multiple Attack Vectors - 9 different stress testing methods
• 📊 Real-time Statistics - Live monitoring of attack progress
• 🔒 Thread-safe Execution - Efficient multi-threaded operations
• ⚡ Rate Limiting - Controlled traffic generation
• 📝 Comprehensive Logging - Detailed attack logs for analysis
• 🛑 Graceful Shutdown - Clean termination with Ctrl+C
• 🔀 Mixed Attacks - Randomized attack patterns

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6 or higher
• Administrative/root privileges (for raw socket operations)

Installation

git clone https://github.com/xdrew87/DeathStress.git
cd DeathStress
pip install -r requirements.txt

📖 Usage

Basic Syntax

python main.py 

🎯 Attack Methods

Method	Description	Use Case
syn	TCP SYN flood attack	Test SYN flood protection
udp	UDP packet flood	Test UDP handling capacity
http-get	HTTP GET request flood	Test web server capacity
http-post	HTTP POST request flood	Test form handling limits
slowloris	Slow HTTP header attack	Test connection timeout handling
rudy	R-U-Dead-Yet slow POST	Test POST request timeouts
icmp	ICMP ping flood	Test ICMP rate limiting
dns	DNS query flood	Test DNS server capacity
mixed	Randomized attack mix	Comprehensive stress testing

💡 Examples

Basic TCP SYN Flood

python main.py --target 192.168.1.100 --method syn --duration 60 --threads 20

HTTP Stress Test

python main.py --target example.com --port 80 --method http-get --duration 30 --threads 10

Comprehensive Mixed Attack

python main.py --target 192.168.1.100 --method mixed --duration 120 --threads 15 --rate-limit 100

Attack with Logging

python main.py --target 192.168.1.100 --method udp --log results.log --duration 60 --packet-size 2048

⚙️ Configuration Options

Argument	Description	Default	Required
--target	Target IP address or domain	-	✅
--port	Target port number	80	❌
--method	Attack method to use	-	✅
--duration	Attack duration (seconds)	60	❌
--threads	Number of concurrent threads	10	❌
--packet-size	Packet size for flood attacks (bytes)	1024	❌
--rate-limit	Requests per second per thread	unlimited	❌
--log	Log file path for results	-	❌

🛡️ Responsible Usage

Before Testing

• ✅ Ensure you own the target infrastructure
• ✅ Obtain written authorization for third-party systems
• ✅ Notify relevant stakeholders about testing
• ✅ Have incident response procedures ready

During Testing

• 📊 Monitor system resources and performance
• ⏰ Respect agreed-upon testing windows
• 🚨 Stop immediately if unintended impact occurs

After Testing

• 📋 Document findings and vulnerabilities
• 🔧 Implement necessary security improvements
• 🗑️ Securely dispose of sensitive logs

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit pull requests, report bugs, or suggest features.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

⚠️ Support

For questions, issues, or responsible disclosure of security vulnerabilities, please open an issue on GitHub.

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Remember: With great power comes great responsibility. Use this tool ethically and legally.