How To Install medusa on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install medusa on Rocky Linux 8. medusa is Parallel brute forcing password cracker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install medusa on Rocky Linux 8.

What is medusa

Medusa is a speedy, massively parallel, modular, login brute-forcer for network services. Some of the key features of Medusa are * Thread-based parallel testing. Brute-force testing can be performed against multiple hosts, users or passwords concurrently. * Flexible user input. Target information (host/user/password) can be specified in a variety of ways. For example, each item can be either a single entry or a file containing multiple entries. Additionally, a combination file format allows the user to refine their target listing. * Modular design. Each service module exists as an independent .mod file. This means that no modifications are necessary to the core application in order to extend the supported list of services for brute-forcing.

We can use yum or dnf to install medusa on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install medusa.

Install medusa on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install medusa using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install medusa

Install medusa on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install medusa using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install medusa

How To Uninstall medusa on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the medusa package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove medusa

medusa Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/medusa
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/d852441024debba57520443d1fb7fd6cd18077
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/4968192a43c41f0f963f9cd3c7c04a79e0d202
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/dd8c400de3c7e705348cfbe1b4c809fa36a32b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/388d5affac4478a393f9c7605d80985d40a428
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/406708a377f1d0583006b05bd960ce54ccaa0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/96c97287f931d6124df2cb45c056c510450f45
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/143f262ece494eb127ea948121f23c7e2b8420
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/429c607afcdba44231151c72f04c572195351f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/abdbf7f5b87ba3f7d5d32de8e6b82e0bf9f10c
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/206dc4d2d9d21713df0dce45e0b06415f0dae1
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/222ae05a251e942aa89838accde1e408fc1b26
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/db8f1552b9a7aba00b1b257cb2555a4bc81f19
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/5d196befb37d262740d145035a51a236f2cb7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/1b33d93df10ff246f192311e694ebb045bc09c
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/ca642adbcb8c16f35245ac3004b1ebf3dcbbf6
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/74999707b1e3306af2c11bc80b9a217725c545
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/db2ced81c9eed32853144a81327bf4dc6cafe8
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/ce2b2924f02c748cb8c5817407ce9959cceb3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/414f79f6b6150408cb3159a3f386f9e2e6ca82
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/537274e946a241f56a91b21a12483df04b8cdf
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/20c7b4e9de14a29e6a6635d08d85826580e184
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/34058e35bbc7cad2d188b7d14c4e416f0bc804
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/b460defd44c3024c2820e40be711b1e71b27f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/ed1fc456f01a174549bc57e3ad2b619e59a90a
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/f5f84005e5e2969bba1175850212023f1a2b7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/3bc13b5f85d458dbbb90151d917a48c0b69f6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/d07b6db5a83c9e6465ce95e31e5f2e961efb7b
/usr/lib64/medusa
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/afp.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/cvs.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/ftp.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/http.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/imap.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/mssql.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/mysql.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/nntp.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/pcanywhere.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/pop3.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/postgres.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/rdp.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/rexec.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/rlogin.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/rsh.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/smbnt.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/smtp-vrfy.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/smtp.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/snmp.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/ssh.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/svn.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/telnet.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/vmauthd.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/vnc.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/web-form.mod
/usr/lib64/medusa/modules/wrapper.mod
/usr/share/doc/medusa
/usr/share/doc/medusa/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/medusa/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/medusa/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/medusa/README
/usr/share/doc/medusa/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/medusa.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install medusa on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.