How To Install hydra on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install hydra on CentOS 7. hydra is Very fast network log-on cracker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hydra on CentOS 7.

What is hydra

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install hydra on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hydra.

Install hydra on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install hydra

Install hydra on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install hydra

How To Uninstall hydra on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove hydra

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hydra on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.