Nessus is useful for this as it has thousands of checks that will generate
a ton of attack traffic. The attacks are categorized by type, so you can
limit the generated traffic to specific types of attacks (Windows, FTP,
DoS, etc.). Metasploit can be used for very targeted attacks (specific
exploits) which can be tweaked with different evasion options which is
useful for testing IDSes. Both of these tools can be run from Windows.

http://www.nessus.org/nessus/
http://metasploit.org/

Skyler Bingham
GIAC {GSEC, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA}, CEH
(602) 957-1650 x1139

listbounce (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed] wrote on 12/02/2008 11:13:11 PM:

>
> Hi
> Does anyone know any tools which can be used to generate network attack
> traffic ? It is for the purpose of testing IDSs OR for collecting offline
> intrusion detection dataset like 1999 DARPA dataset. I have windows xp
> installed so i need a tool or worm tool to generate network traffic so
that
> i can collect by wireshark.
> waiting ur reply.
> Thanks>

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