How To Install medusa on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install medusa on Ubuntu 22.04. medusa is fast, parallel, modular, login brute-forcer for network services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install medusa on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is medusa

medusa is:

Medusa is intended to be a speedy, massively parallel, modular, login brute-forcer. The goal is to support as many services which allow remote authentication as possible. The author considers following items as some of the key features of this application: * 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.

There are three methods to install medusa on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install medusa Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install medusa

Install medusa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install medusa

Install medusa 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install medusa

How To Uninstall medusa on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove medusa

Uninstall medusa And Its Dependencies

To uninstall medusa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove medusa

Remove medusa Configurations and Data

To remove medusa configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge medusa

Remove medusa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge medusa

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install medusa package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.