How To Install slowloris on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is slowloris

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

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

Install 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 slowloris using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slowloris

Install 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 slowloris using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slowloris

How To Uninstall slowloris on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove slowloris

slowloris Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/slowloris

References

Summary

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