| Area
| Feature
| Medusa 2.2
| Hydra 7.1
| Ncrack 0.4ALPHA
|
| * |
License |
GPL-2 |
GPL-3 |
GPL-2 |
| Core |
Parallel Method |
pthread |
fork() |
|
| Service Design |
Modular |
Built-in |
|
| Speed (several comparisons are included below) |
? |
? |
? |
| Generic Wrapper Module |
|
√ |
|
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| AFP |
|
√ |
√ |
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| CVS |
|
√ |
√ |
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| FTP |
FTP |
√ |
√ |
√ |
| Explicit FTPS (AUTH TLS Mode as defined in RFC 4217) |
√ |
√ |
√ |
| Implicit FTPS (FTP over SSL (990/tcp) |
√ |
√ |
√ |
| HTTP |
Basic Auth |
√ |
√ |
√ |
| NTLM Auth (Windows Integrated) |
√ |
√ |
|
| Digest Authentication |
MD5, MD5-sess |
MD5 |
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| HTTP Proxy |
|
|
√ |
|
| ICQ |
|
|
√ |
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| IMAP |
Method LOGIN Support |
√ |
√ |
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| Method AUTH-PLAIN Support |
√ |
√ |
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| Method AUTH-NTLM Support |
√ |
√ |
|
| SSL Support |
IMAPS, STARTTLS |
IMAPS, STARTTLS |
|
| LDAP |
|
|
√ |
|
| Microsoft SQL |
Port Auto-Detection |
√ |
|
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| MS-SQL |
√ |
√ |
|
| MySQL |
Pre-4.1 Authentication |
√ |
√ |
|
| Pre-4.1 Hash Passing |
√ |
|
|
| 4.1+ Authentication |
√ |
√ |
|
| NCP (NetWare) |
|
√ (ncpfs) |
√ (ncpfs) |
|
| NNTP |
|
√ (Original AUTHINFO) |
√ (Original AUTHINFO) |
|
| Oracle |
Database |
√ (via Wrapper script) |
|
|
| Listener |
|
|
|
| SID |
|
√ |
|
| PcAnywhere |
Supported Encryption Level |
None |
None |
|
| Supported Authenication Mode(s) |
Native PCA, ADS, NT, Windows |
Native PCA |
|
| PCNFS |
|
|
√ |
|
| POP3 |
Method AUTH-USER Support |
√ |
√ |
√ |
| Method AUTH-LOGIN Support |
√ |
√ |
|
| Method AUTH-PLAIN Support |
√ |
√ |
|
| Method AUTH-NTLM Support |
√ |
√ |
|
| SSL Support |
POP3S, STARTTLS |
POP3S |
POP3S, STARTTLS |
| PostgreSQL |
|
√ |
√ |
|
| RDP (Terminal Server) |
|
√ |
√ |
√ |
| Pass the Hash Support |
√ |
|
|
| REXEC |
|
√ |
√ |
|
| RLOGIN |
.rhost Support |
√ |
|
|
| Password Support |
√ |
√ |
|
| RSH |
|
√ |
√ |
|
| SAPR3 |
|
|
√ |
|
| SIP |
|
|
√ |
|
| SMB (Microsoft Windows/Samba) |
Authentication Modes |
clear-text, LMv1, NTLMv1, LMv2, NTLMv2 |
clear-text, LMv1, NTLMv1, LMv2, NTLMv2 |
Unknown |
| Hash Passing |
√ |
√ |
|
| Access Detection (ADMIN$) |
√ |
|
|
| SMTP |
Method AUTH-LOGIN Support |
√ |
√ |
|
| Method AUTH-PLAIN Support |
√ |
√ |
|
| Method AUTH-NTLM Support |
√ |
√ |
|
| SSL Support |
STARTTLS |
STARTTLS |
|
| VRFY |
√ |
√ |
|
| EXPN |
√ |
|
|
| RCPT TO |
√ |
|
|
| SNMP |
|
√ (significantly faster design) |
√ (overwrites sysName with "HYDRA") |
|
| SOCKS5 |
|
|
√ |
|
| SSHv2 |
|
√ (libssh2) |
√ (libssh) |
√ |
| SVN |
|
√ |
√ |
|
| TeamSpeak |
|
|
√ |
|
| Telnet |
Generic Telnet |
√ |
√ |
√ |
| Cisco (AAA/non-AAA) |
√ |
√ |
√ |
| Cisco enable password |
|
√ |
|
| AS/400 (TN5250) Support |
√ |
|
|
| VNC |
Password-less/Password-only Support |
√ |
√ |
|
| Anti-Brute Force Slowdown Support |
√ |
|
|
| Username/Password Support |
|
|
|
| VmWare Authentication Daemon |
Non-SSL Authentication |
√ |
√ |
|
| SSL Authentication |
√ |
|
|
| Web Form Module |
|
√ |
√ |
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