How To Install python3-slowloris on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-slowloris on Rocky Linux 8. python3-slowloris is Low bandwidth DoS tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-slowloris on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-slowloris

Slowloris is basically an HTTP Denial of Service attack that affects threaded servers.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-slowloris on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-slowloris.

Install python3-slowloris on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-slowloris using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-slowloris

Install python3-slowloris on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-slowloris using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-slowloris

How To Uninstall python3-slowloris on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-slowloris package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-slowloris

python3-slowloris Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Slowloris-0.2.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Slowloris-0.2.0-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Slowloris-0.2.0-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Slowloris-0.2.0-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Slowloris-0.2.0-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Slowloris-0.2.0-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/slowloris.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/slowloris.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/slowloris.py

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-slowloris on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.