# preload-slowloris

This library hooks the send(2) and socket(2) symbols and forces the data on
sockets of SOCK_STREAM type (most likely TCP, might also work on other stream
protocols) to be split into multiple segments for transmit.

## Building

Running `make` should suffice on a system with a working C compiler.

## Usage

Force the library to be loaded using `LD_PRELOAD`

```shell
LD_PRELOAD=./slowloris.so curl 10.23.25.3
```

A delay between individual send() calls (in microseconds) can be set by
providing `SLOWLORIS_DELAY`. The default delay is `0`.

```shell
SLOWLORIS_DELAY=1000 LD_PRELOAD=./slowloris.so curl 10.23.25.3
```

The number of bytes sent per iteration can be set by supplying `SLOWLORIS_CHUNK`.
The default chunking is `1`.

```shell
SLOWLORIS_CHUNK=10 LD_PRELOAD=./slowloris.so curl 10.23.25.3
```