ServerCrash,

the listed attack vectors only make sense if the box you are trying to test is running the vulnerable service. For example the Apache2 DoS requires an apach2 deamon to be running, syslogd requires syslogd etc.

At the same time if you are testing a specific server configuration and you find an attack vector that has no impact on the box then this will be as valuable to your university project as finding a vector that drops the server to it's knees. Therefore implementing the old exploits like Ping of Death may not be a waste of time provided you can explain why devices are no longer as vulnerable to once crippling attacks.

From my experience from University projects (specialised in monitoring systems) it can be more advantageous to explain why things don't work rather than have a state of the art technical solution. From your perspective I imagine that the methodology and techniques for testing systems may be more important than actual functionality.

Hope this helps.