How To Install hydra on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install hydra on Debian 9. hydra is very fast network logon cracker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hydra on Debian 9.

What is hydra

hydra is:

Hydra is a parallelized login cracker which supports numerous protocols to attack. It is very fast and flexible, and new modules are easy to add.

This tool makes it possible for researchers and security consultants to show how easy it would be to gain unauthorized access to a system remotely.

It supports: Cisco AAA, Cisco auth, Cisco enable, CVS, FTP, HTTP(S)-FORM-GET, HTTP(S)-FORM-POST, HTTP(S)-GET, HTTP(S)-HEAD, HTTP-Proxy, ICQ, IMAP, IRC, LDAP, MS-SQL, MySQL, NNTP, Oracle Listener, Oracle SID, PC-Anywhere, PC-NFS, POP3, PostgreSQL, RDP, Rexec, Rlogin, Rsh, SIP, SMB(NT), SMTP, SMTP Enum, SNMP v1+v2+v3, SOCKS5, SSH (v1 and v2), SSHKEY, Subversion, Teamspeak (TS2), Telnet, VMware-Auth, VNC and XMPP.

There are three methods to install hydra on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hydra Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hydra using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hydra

Install hydra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hydra

Install hydra Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install hydra

How To Uninstall hydra on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove hydra

Uninstall hydra And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hydra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hydra

Remove hydra Configurations and Data

To remove hydra configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hydra

Remove hydra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hydra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hydra

Dependencies

hydra have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hydra package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.