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+---- Thread: Can I check to see if a user exists before attempting to bruteforce ftp? (/showthread.php?tid=3355710)
Can I check to see if a user exists before attempting to bruteforce ftp? - CorruptedTNC - Mar 25, 2013
About to leave hydra on overnight with a 14 mil password list to see if it can bruteforce this ftp server. None of the default user/pass combos have worked, so the thing is that I don't know if root or admin exist as users. Is there any way that I can verify whether or not the users exist before spending time bruteforcing?
* - 21redallday12 - Mar 26, 2013
I highly doubt it, i'd just try bruteforcing admin & test, if you don't find any thing i'd just move on.
* - CorruptedTNC - Mar 26, 2013
(Mar 26, 2013 01:03 PM)21redallday12 Wrote: I highly doubt it, i'd just try bruteforcing admin & test, if you don't find any thing i'd just move on.
Thanks for the reply, I don't suppose you'd happen to know what the default is for a site using GoDaddy's service? I figured they'd randomly generate one but you never know.
* - ShadowRi5ing - Mar 26, 2013
List of common usernames in FTP
admin
administrator
test
user
test123
root
toor
r00t
anything else isn't worth guessing