Hydra (software)
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| Developer(s) | THC |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 7.4.2 / January 7, 2013 |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | C[1] |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Unix |
| Type | Password cracking |
| License | GNU General Public License (version 3 or later) |
| Website | www |
Hydra is a parallized network logon cracker.
Supported protocols
Hydra supports many common login protocols like forms on websites, FTP, SMB, POP3, IMAP, MySQL, VNC, SSH and many others[2]
Examples
Here is a sample output in a Debian environment.
$ hydra -L names -P pws ftp://wanne.t-8ch.de
Hydra v7.3 (c)2012 by van Hauser/THC & David Maciejak - for legal purposes only
Hydra (http://www.thc.org/thc-hydra) starting at 2013-02-09 00:54:40
[DATA] 16 tasks, 1 server, 516 login tries (l:43/p:12), ~32 tries per task
[DATA] attacking service ftp on port 21
[21][ftp] host: 78.47.172.244 login: john password: passwd
[STATUS] attack finished for wanne.t-8ch.de (waiting for children to finish)
1 of 1 target successfuly completed, 1 valid password found
Hydra (http://www.thc.org/thc-hydra) finished at 2013-02-09 00:54:51
References
- ↑ C-source code: http://thc.org/releases/hydra-7.4.2.tar.gz
- ↑ http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/hydra Debian package description
