thc-ssl-dos on Backtrack 5

If you are trying to install the thc-ssl-dos on BackTrack 5, you might run into the issue of outdated libssl libraries (requires libssl-dev).

Host: i686-pc-linux-gnu
          Compiler: gcc
    Compiler Flags: -O2 -Wall
Preprocessor flags:  -I/usr/local/include -I/opt/openssl-1.0.0e/
      Linker flags: -L./  -L/usr/local/lib -L/opt/openssl-1.0.0e/
         Libraries: -lssl -lcrypto -lnsl
WARNING: OPENSSL LIBRARIES ARE TO OLD! UPDATE THEM!\n
WARNING: OPENSSL LIBRARIES ARE TO OLD! UPDATE THEM!\n
WARNING: OPENSSL LIBRARIES ARE TO OLD! UPDATE THEM!\n

To get around these warnings, you can simply grab the latest copy of openssl, build, and then point thc-ssl-dos configure script to use the latest libraries.

$ tar -xvzf openssl-1.0.0e.tar.gz
$ cd openssl-1.0.0e
$ make
$ sudo mv ../openssl-1.0.0e /opt/
$ cd ../thc-ssl-dos-1.4
$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/thc-ssl-dos --with-includes=/opt/openssl-1.0.0e/include/ --with-libs=/opt/openssl-1.0.0e/
$ make
$ sudo make install

THC-SSL-DOWN has been configured with the following options:

              Host: i686-pc-linux-gnu
          Compiler: gcc
    Compiler Flags: -O2 -Wall
Preprocessor flags:  -I/usr/local/include -I/opt/openssl-1.0.0e/include/
      Linker flags: -L./  -L/usr/local/lib -L/opt/openssl-1.0.0e/
         Libraries: -lssl -lcrypto -lnsl

       Debug build: No
Configuration complete. Now type: make all install

$ cd /opt/thc-ssl-dos/bin
$ ./thc-ssl-dos
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./thc-ssl-dos [options]
  -h      help
  -l   Limit parallel connections [default: 400]

Cheers,
VVK