• Parses Snort rules files to generate false positive attacks
• Support for multiple targets (FQDN, ip addr range, subnet in CIDR format)
• Multi-threaded
• Queue-based
• SOCKS support

• Multi-threaded & Queue-driven : Uses multiple threads to generate a high volume of false alerts.
• SOCKS Proxy Support : Ensures anonymity while sending traffic.
• False Positive Generation : Parses Snort rules to craft harmless packets that mimic real attacks.
• Overwhelming IDS Logs : Generates thousands of false positives per minute to bury real attack alerts.

• Flood Control & Water Management : An inundator could be a device or system designed to release large amounts of water to control flooding or irrigation.
• Emergency Response : In disaster scenarios, an inundator might be used to simulate flooding for training purposes.
• Metaphorical Use : Inundator can describe anything that overwhelms—like an inundator of information, meaning an excessive amount of data.
• Firefighting : Some firefighting systems use inundation techniques to flood areas with water or fire-retardant substances.

The Inundator tool is primarily used for HTTP flood testing and IDS evasion. Here are some usage examples :

Basic Usage

1. Flood Testing : inundator -n 1000000 -c 1000 -H "Connection: keep-alive" http://localhost/path

This sends 1 million requests to a localhost web server with 1000 concurrent connections and a custom header.

2. Adding HTTP Headers : inundator -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0" http://example.com

This adds a custom User-Agent header to the requests.

3. Concurrency Control : inundator -c 500 http://example.com

This sets the number of concurrent connections to 500.

4. Help Command : inundator --help

Displays all available options and usage instructions.

• Performance Testing : Evaluate the maximum throughput a server can handle.
• Security Testing : Simulate HTTP flood attacks to test the resilience of intrusion detection systems.

• Nmap
• Perl (>= 5.10)
• Net::SOCKS (>=0.03)
• Net::CIDR (>= 0.11)
• Snort’s rules files
• Oinkmaster (for keeping Snort rules up to date)
• Tor (If you don’t have a remote SOCKS proxy to exploit.)

Terminal Installation Commands ...
GUI Installation Steps ...

Linux

1. Download the Inundator package from SourceForge.
2. Extract the package using : tar -xvf inundator.tar.gz
3. Navigate to the extracted directory : cd inundator
4. Install dependencies (if required) : sudo apt-get install perl
5. Run the tool : ./inundator.pl

Windows

1. Download the Windows version from SourceForge.
2. Extract the files and navigate to the folder.
3. Run the tool using : perl inundator.pl

(Ensure Perl is installed on your system.)

MacOS

1. Download the package from SourceForge.
2. Install dependencies : brew install perl
3. Extract and run :

   $ tar -xvf inundator.tar.gz

   $ cd inundator

   $ perl inundator.pl

Terminal Uninstallation Commands ...
GUI Uninstallation Steps ...

Linux

1. Remove the directory : rm -rf inundator
2. If installed via a package manager, use : sudo apt-get remove inundator

Windows

1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator.
2. Run : wmic product where name="Inundator" call uninstall

MacOS

1. Remove the directory : rm -rf inundator
2. Uninstall Perl (if needed) : brew uninstall perl