How To Install medusa on Fedora 34
medusa is Parallel brute forcing password cracker
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install medusa on Fedora 34.
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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install medusa.
Install medusa on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install medusa using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install medusa
Install medusa on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
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 Fedora 34
To uninstall only the medusa package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove medusa
medusa Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/medusa
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/b964e08e66eee6a51d0cfa7c4b41ef6103e02d
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/966599abf4aa9326f27b93f00b5e17e5fd152e
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/eca74d49ac3958471eb4bb95f43eddea7d3b8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/86ce878a954b5ba39c8e69f30d61e49ec94f7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/9fd012d58e522895c65fef61daded976c3019c
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/c5df17f014f7b204a58ad1f6eb40fc1e5d3e39
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/babbec71089b2cec535ee48e0a49227d8cbc7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/7b8b3f7c20de677d2b754cad8de78d580dbae2
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
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/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/2ba5dcdcdb012309a14d0b50c0c72c91460eea
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/d91caf19d5c2b6b168f7068842de323e82819b
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/14e072108dbe1d94916e044570e53302e5396a
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/b3ba0c0bb5d9bc3bc828f47eb170cef123e0db
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/ea95597cd731bc47bbde8d101e2d2df96c2811
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/051eca70f392307ba416a540c8a274d974d8e1
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/usr/lib/.build-id/97/b86ee370e6d0bbbcd487349a38b5a334cc6747
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/4b99a85383a92f08c2c32c8f01622d23db80fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/f67c776d5ac66a3e421f77a3c84e0137a44581
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/6957e724b1e0856320fcd8343a3a2c5d1fff6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/46fda5a85a89f7b8236983b91157b6d539bd60
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/607d1de0041104812f282d4bbd0e9376c7b34c
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/41d8644c36f56794a9884c0091eaa098b97452
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/ba719ae75861ff86533b5be94c3dee97b9e759
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/f4c6eaeefde56e65f400e7138a53f975fa5d8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/f43da58966a0d9b8548afc72d3b2ba76ddce7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/343eea66c2d7084586596ca482ce67e65b02f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/72a71285d2dca3f1bc68abe215da8350ec2013
/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
/usr/bin/medusa
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/ca3f9e0de530e7e409f5f5115329882a978c80
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/2ab711d268a6e541de737b42ff658510fa61ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/fdfde30a526014f0d18cdcd09f9b65a1e33d22
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/usr/lib/.build-id/24/234759bf616f7619d22fd0dc98da7dba2aa5ff
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/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/90cea755820a0e24ca81de523825ef653906fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/d693de3bc4d4d3cdb849935d72e8e2773f8c2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/5664686f2640a32716414ae7f8b4112c74fd1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/e267622432d0cb7f724c55d1ab8b5be4cae9c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
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/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/8b91cecf418b89b2cd30dfd7ae449bc7106acd
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.