Comparative Study on Password Cracking Tools

Abstract

 In this paper, it provides a brief description
about the different password cracking tools. Passwords
are the most standard ways to protect and authenticate
the security of a network or for any other information.
Security of server in all contexts is dominating in every
field of computing, while working on the servers
numerous threats and attacks like cracking of
passwords, knowing the root of machine, giving
privilege to unauthorized users are common attacks that
can harm the system and take access of servers.
Password cracking is the process of obtaining the
correct password to an account in an unauthorized way.
The most prevalent commands like Hydra and Medusa,
Ncrack, Patator are there which can be used for
cracking the passwords of servers and unauthorized
users can take access of server by applying these
commands. Hydra is a login cracker which supports
many protocols to attack. It works by different
approaches to perform brute-force attacks in order to
guess the right username and password combination.
Medusa is a modular, speedy, and parallel, login bruteforcer. It is a very powerful and lightweight tool. The
goal is to support as many services which allow remote
authentication as possible.
Ncrack is a very fast network authentication cracking
tool that helps organization to secure their networks
against password attacks. Patator is a security tool to
perform enumeration or brute-force attempts to
discover authentication details. It can be used during
penetration testing. Penetration testing is a series of
activities undertaken to identify and exploit security
vulnerabilities. Here, we will consider brute force attack
and its tools with its implementation and prevention
ways or techniques to avoid these types of attacks.