Hydra

Hydra is a fast network login cracker which supports various protocols to attack.

Currently this tool supports protocols like HTTP-POST,HTTP-PROXY,HTTP-HEAD,HTTP-GET,MYSQL,SNMP v1+v2+v3,Rexec,Rsh .Telnet and many more . This tool makes it easy and also possible to access unauthorized Data remotely. But, one should always know the bad sequences they face for using this tool to harm any individual or community privacy policies that may also leads to Prisonment and many legal acts .

dpl4hydra “ Generates a (d)efault (p)assword (l)ist as input for THC hydra. This tool is mostly used by pentesters and security researchers .

HYDRA IN KALI LINUX

Hydra is pre-installed in kali Linux like many other tools (Nmap,Wireshark,Burpsuite…) It is used to Brute-force Username and passwords .BruteForce is a technique used with different usernames and passwords againt a specified Target to identify correct Credentials .

INSTALLING HYDRA

If you have different OS ( rather than kali ) You have to compile and install it in your system .Presently ,Hydra is Supported on platforms like:

_ All UNIX platforms

_MacOS

_Windows with Cygwin(both IPv4)&(IPV6)

Type the following command in your terminal to Download,Compile,Configure And install hydra

git clone https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra.git

cd thc-hydra

./configure

make

make install