Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:26:48 +0100 From: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> Cc: Laurent LEVIER <llevier@argosnet.com> Subject: Re: Ports with duplicate LATEST_LINKS Message-ID: <20040217192648.GA2209@schweikhardt.net> In-Reply-To: <200402172015.i1HKFeEd022641@cwsys.cwsent.com> References: <6.0.1.1.2.20040217204419.01e2a170@213.30.158.180> <200402172015.i1HKFeEd022641@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:15:40PM -0800, Cy Schubert wrote: # In message <6.0.1.1.2.20040217204419.01e2a170@213.30.158.180>, Laurent # LEVIER w # rites: # > Hi Gentlemen, # > # > It is really a brute force attack tool to obtain passwords. # > A password cracker (as Crack, John the Ripper, ...) but oriented to work # > over the network. # > # > Hydra does password cracking against SMB (Windows), telnet, POP/IMAP, FTP, .. # > . # > It does dictionnary attacks as simple password generation algorithms. # > # > I use that in my company to evaluate passwords quality when I am not # > granted to crack the passwords directly from the box. # > If I succeed, bad point for the box owner ;-) # # Should I commit the following patch to correct the wording? [s/Bruce/Brute] I'd say yes. While googling turns up some "bruce force" password cracker tools, the unpacked hydra port turns up nothing when grepped with hydra/work/hydra-2.2 # find . -type f|xargs egrep -i bruce Regards, Jens -- Jens Schweikhardt http://www.schweikhardt.net/ SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)
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