diff --git a/README b/README index a4f3597..59607b0 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ INTRODUCTION Number one of the biggest security holes are passwords, as every password security study shows. This tool is a proof of concept code, to give researchers and security -consultants the possiblity to show how easy it would be to gain unauthorized +consultants the possibility to show how easy it would be to gain unauthorized access from remote to a system. THIS TOOL IS FOR LEGAL PURPOSES ONLY! @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ install from the vendor's web sites. For all other Linux derivates and BSD based systems, use the system software installer and look for similar named libraries like in the -comand above. In all other cases you have to download all source libraries +command above. In all other cases you have to download all source libraries and compile them manually. @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ options available. Type "./hydra -h" to see all available command line options. Note that NO login/password file is included. Generate them yourself. -A default password list is hoever present, use "dpl4hydra.sh" to generate +A default password list is however present, use "dpl4hydra.sh" to generate a list. For Linux users, a GTK gui is available, try "./xhydra" @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ specify "-e sn" on the command line. But there are two more modes for trying passwords than -p/-P: -You can use text file which where a login and password pair is seperated by a colon, +You can use text file which where a login and password pair is separated by a colon, e.g.: admin:password test:test @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Example: SPECIAL OPTIONS FOR MODULES --------------------------- Via the third command line parameter (TARGET SERVICE OPTIONAL) or the -m -commandline option, you can pass one option to a module. +command line option, you can pass one option to a module. Many modules use this, a few require it! To see the special option of a module, type: @@ -244,11 +244,11 @@ Examples (they are all equal): RESTORING AN ABORTED/CRASHED SESSION ------------------------------------ -When hydra is aborted with Control-C, killed or crashs, it leavs a +When hydra is aborted with Control-C, killed or crashes, it leaves a "hydra.restore" file behind which contains all necessary information to restore the session. This session file is written every 5 minutes. NOTE: the hydra.restore file can NOT be copied to a different platform (e.g. -from little indian to big indian, or from solaris to aix) +from little endian to big endian, or from solaris to aix) @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ ADDITIONAL HINTS SPEED ----- -through the parallizing feature, this password cracker tool can be very +through the parallelizing feature, this password cracker tool can be very fast, however it depends on the protocol. The fastest are generally POP3 and FTP. Experiment with the task option (-t) to speed things up! The higher - the