Tribe Flood Network

The Tribe Flood Network or TFN is a set of computer programs to conduct various DDoS attacks such as ICMP flood, SYN flood, UDP flood and Smurf attack.

Tribe FloodNet
Original author(s)	Mixter
Stable release	2k
Written in	C
Operating system	Windows, Solaris, Linux
Size	26.5 kb
Type	Botnet
Website	http://packetstormsecurity.org/distributed/tfn2k.tgz

First TFN initiated attacks are described in CERT Incident Note 99-04.

TFN2K was written by Mixter, a security professional and hacker based in Germany.

See also

• Stacheldraht
• Trinoo
• High Orbit Ion Cannon
• Low Orbit Ion Cannon

External links

• Tribe Flood Network
• TFN2K - An Analysis by Jason Barlow and Woody Thrower of AXENT Security Team
• TFN2K source code