Skip to content
SecArsenal
Educational and ethical use only. Only test systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test. Full disclaimer.

thc-ssl-dos

Stress tester for the SSL handshake

impactRed Team

Matches ATT&CK tactic: Impact ↗

Official docs ↗Download ↗Source repo ↗

Platforms: Linux · Last verified September 6, 2026

THC-SSL-DOS is a tool to verify the performance of SSL.

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

Getting started

See the official Kali tool page and upstream homepage linked above for installation and usage details.

Commonly preinstalled on

Kali Linux

Debian-based distribution built for penetration testing and security auditing