Low Orbit Ion Cannon

Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) is network stress testing tool, meaning it is designed to test how much traffic a target can handle for planning future resource expectations. The software has inspired other similar software such as JavaScript, LOIC, which allows a user to do stress testing directly from a web browser.

The software was famously used by Anonymous to help them facilitate DDoS attacks against several websites, including some very well-known public entities. Some legal arguments have been made that LOIC is similar to going to a website several thousand times; however, some American law enforcement groups treat the use of LOIC as a violation of the computer security and fraud act.

To install LOIC, Open a terminal window and type:

apt-get update
aptitude install git-core monodevelop
apt-get install mono-gmcs

Once that is complete, go to the desktop directory using cd/Desktop and create a folder named loic using the following command:

mkdir loic

Navigate to that folder...