Hydra (software)

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THC Hydra
Developer(s)THC
Stable release
9.4 / September 8, 2022; 19 months ago (2022-09-08)[1]
Cross-platform
PlatformUnix
TypePassword cracking
LicenseGNU General Public License (version 3 or later)
Websitewww.thc.org

Hydra (or THC Hydra) is a

penetration testers together with a set of programmes like crunch,[3] cupp[4]
etc, which are used to generate wordlists. Hydra is then used to test the attacks using the wordlists that these programmes created.

Hydra is set to be updated over time as more services become supported. The creator of Hydra publishes his work in repositories like GitHub.

Supported protocols

Hydra supports many common login protocols like forms on websites,

VNC, SSH, HTTP(S) and others.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Releases · vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra". github.com. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  2. .
  3. ^ "Crunch | Kali Linux Tools".
  4. ^ "CUPP - Common User Passwords Profiler". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  5. ^ "Debian -- Details of package hydra in buster". packages.debian.org. Retrieved 2020-05-26.

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