Information about the package, hydra, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The hydra package is designed for, Very fast network log-on cracker.
Package Name:
hydra
Summary:
Very fast network log-on cracker
Description:
Hydra is a parallelized log-in cracker which supports numerous protocols to attack. New modules are easy to add, beside that, it is flexible and very fast. This tool gives researchers and security consultants the possibility to show how easy it would be to gain unauthorized access from remote to a system.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
7.5
Release:
1.el6
Size:
241 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
AGPLv3 with exceptions
Control the hydra package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install hydra
This command will install hydra on the server.
yum remove hydra
This command will un-install hydra on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hydra, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove hydra
This command will un-install hydra on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove hydra when using the -y flag.
yum update hydra
This command will update hydra to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hydra, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update hydra
This command will update hydra to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove hydra when using the -y flag.
yum info hydra
This command will show you core information about the hydra package.
yum deplist hydra
This command will show you the dependencies for hydra. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update hydra
This command will check if there is an update waiting on hydra. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.