What is the difference between LOIC, HOIC, and GoldenEye in the context of DDoS attacks and their usage in Kali Linux?

LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon) is a relatively simple tool that floods a target with UDP packets. HOIC (High Orbit Ion Cannon) is an improved version of LOIC, using HTTP GET floods, making it harder to filter. GoldenEye is a more sophisticated HTTP DDoS tool that aims to bypass common DDoS mitigation techniques by mimicking legitimate browser requests, making it harder to distinguish from normal traffic. All are available (or were historically) for Kali Linux, but their use is illegal without permission.