Information about the package, ncrack, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ncrack package is designed for, High-speed network auth cracking tool.
Package Name:
ncrack
Summary:
High-speed network auth cracking tool
Description:
Ncrack is a high-speed network authentication cracking tool. It was built to help companies secure their networks by proactively testing all their hosts and networking devices for poor passwords. Security professionals also rely on Ncrack when auditing their clients. Ncrack was designed using a modular approach, a command-line syntax similar to Nmap and a dynamic engine that can adapt its behaviour based on network feedback. It allows for rapid, yet reliable large-scale auditing of multiple hosts.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.4
Release:
0.1.ALPHA.el6
Size:
552 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 with exceptions
Control the ncrack package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ncrack
This command will install ncrack on the server.
yum remove ncrack
This command will un-install ncrack on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ncrack, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ncrack
This command will un-install ncrack 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 ncrack when using the -y flag.
yum update ncrack
This command will update ncrack to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ncrack, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ncrack
This command will update ncrack 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 ncrack when using the -y flag.
yum info ncrack
This command will show you core information about the ncrack package.
yum deplist ncrack
This command will show you the dependencies for ncrack. 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 ncrack
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ncrack. 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.