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hydra 9.7-1

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Descriptionvery fast network logon cracker

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.

MaintainerDebian Security Tools <team+pkg-security@tracker.debian.org>
Changed ByArnaud Rebillout <arnaudr@debian.org>
Sponsorarnaudr@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-security-team/hydra.git (browse)
Popcon Installs833
Binary NEWYes (binary-only upload)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/hydra
Uploaded3 hours ago

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.changes
Changed-ByArnaud Rebillout
Architecturesource amd64
Distributionunstable
DateThu, 21 May 2026 21:57:04 +0700
Sourcehydra
Version9.7-1
Changelog
hydra (9.7-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload
   * Drop 'Priority: optional'
   * Bump Standards-Version (no changes needed)
   * Update dead URL
   * Add filtering options to d/gbp.conf
   * New upstream version 9.7
   * Drop patch for mongo-c-driver >= 2
   * Rework some patches
   * Drop patch show_xhydra_build_output.diff
   * Rework GTK patch to show only supported protocols
   * Bring back the hydra-gtk package
   * Rework how xhydra is built
   * Abort on xhydra failure
   * Add missing build-dep libssl-dev
   * Add smoke test
   * Complete d/copyright with missing entries
.dsc
Sectionnet
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listhydra deb net optional arch=any
hydra-gtk deb net optional arch=any
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Source: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra
Upstream-Contact: Van Hauser / THC <vh@thc.org>
Upstream-Name: hydra

Files: *
Copyright: 2001-2023 Van Hauser / THC <vh@thc.org>
           2011 Roland Kessler
License: AGPL-3.0 with OpenSSL exception

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2011-2025 Julián Moreno Patiño <julian@debian.org>
           2019 Sophie Brun <sophie@offensive-security.com>
           2011-2025 Daniel Echeverri <epsilon@debian.org>
           2004 Andrés Roldán <aroldan@debian.org>
License: AGPL-3.0 with OpenSSL exception

Files: ntlm.c ntlm.h
Copyright: 1992-1998 Andrew Tridgell
           2002-2004 Simon Josefsson
           1995 Jeremy Allison
License: GPL-2.0+

Files: hmacmd5.c hmacmd5.h
Copyright: 1996-2000 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
           1992-2000 Andrew Tridgell
License: GPL-2.0+

Files: bfg.c bfg.h
Copyright: 2008 Jan Dlabal <dlabaljan@gmail.com>
License: GPL-3.0+

Files: dpl4hydra.sh
Copyright: 2012 Roland Kessler
License: AGPL-3.0 with OpenSSL exception

Files: d3des.c d3des.h
Copyright: 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
           1988-1992 Richard Outerbridge
License: public-domain
 This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Files: crc32.c crc32.h
Copyright: 1986 Gary S. Brown
License: Other
 You may use this program, or code or tables extracted from it,
 as desired without restriction.

Files: libpq-fe.h postgres_ext.h
Copyright: 1996-2003 PostgreSQL Global Development Group
           1994 Regents of the University of California
License: PostgreSQL

Files: hydra-smb.c
Copyright: 2009 Joe Mondloch
License: GPL-2.0 with OpenSSL exception

Files: hydra-smb2.c
Copyright: 2021 Karim Kanso, all rights reserved.
License: GPL-3.0+

License: PostgreSQL
 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
 documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written
 agreement is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice
 and this paragraph and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies.
 .
 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY
 FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
 INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS
 DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
 THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .
 THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
 AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER
 IS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS NO OBLIGATIONS
 TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.

License: AGPL-3.0 with OpenSSL exception
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3
 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 .
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 .
 Special Exception
 .
 In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
 permission to link the code of portions of this program with the
 OpenSSL library under certain conditions as described in each
 individual source file, and distribute linked combinations
 including the two.
 You must obey the GNU Affero General Public License in all respects
 for all of the code used other than OpenSSL.  If you modify
 file(s) with this exception, you may extend this exception to your
 version of the file(s), but you are not obligated to do so.  If you
 do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your
 version.  If you delete this exception statement from all source
 files in the program, then also delete it here.

License: GPL-2.0+
 This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 .
 This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 .
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".

License: GPL-3.0+
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 .
 This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 .
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License version 3 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3".

License: GPL-2.0 with OpenSSL exception
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
 as published by the Free Software Foundation
 .
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 .
 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
 .
 This program is released under the GPL with the additional exemption
 that compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed.
Comment:
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".

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