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slowloris

A tool which is written in perl to test http-server vulnerabilities for connection exhaustion denial of service (DoS) at

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Platforms: Linux · Last verified September 6, 2026

A tool which is written in perl to test http-server vulnerabilities for connection exhaustion denial of service (DoS) attacks so you can enhance the security of your webserver.

Only use this tool against systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test — see the disclaimer.

Getting started

Install on BlackArch with `pacman -S slowloris` (or add the BlackArch repository to an existing Arch Linux install). See the official BlackArch tool listing linked above for details.

Commonly preinstalled on

BlackArch

Arch Linux-based distribution with one of the largest pentest tool repositories