ncrack
high-speed network authentication cracking tool
TLDR
Crack SSH login
$ ncrack -p [22] --user [root] -P [wordlist.txt] [192.168.1.1]
Crack multiple services$ ncrack [ssh://192.168.1.1,ftp://192.168.1.2]
Use username list$ ncrack -U [users.txt] -P [passwords.txt] [ssh://target]
Set timing template$ ncrack -T[4] [ssh://target]
Read targets from file$ ncrack -iL [hosts.txt] -p [22] --user [admin]
Save results to file$ ncrack -oN [results.txt] [ssh://target] -U [users.txt] -P [passwords.txt]
SYNOPSIS
ncrack [options] [target...]
DESCRIPTION
Ncrack is a high-speed network authentication cracking tool. It supports multiple protocols including SSH, RDP, FTP, Telnet, HTTP, and more.Designed by Nmap developers, ncrack uses a modular architecture allowing new protocol modules.
PARAMETERS
-p ports
Target ports.--user user
Single username.-U file
Username list.-P file
Password list.-T 0-5
Timing template.-iL file
Input target list.-oN file
Normal output.-oX file
XML output.-v
Verbose.
SUPPORTED PROTOCOLS
$ ssh, rdp, ftp, telnet
http, https, pop3, imap
smb, vnc, sip, redis
mongodb, cassandra, mssql
http, https, pop3, imap
smb, vnc, sip, redis
mongodb, cassandra, mssql
INSTALL
sudo apt install ncrack
sudo dnf install ncrack
sudo pacman -S ncrack
brew install ncrack
nix profile install nixpkgs#ncrack
CAVEATS
Use only with authorization. May trigger security alerts. Account lockouts possible. Rate limiting recommended.
HISTORY
Ncrack was developed by the Nmap Project team, initially released in 2009 as a network authentication cracking tool complementing Nmap.
