This Go program attempts to connect to a given host using a list of passwords for brute-forcing SSH credentials. The program limits the number of concurrent connections to avoid overwhelming the server and getting rate-limited.
- Reads passwords from a file
- Attempts SSH connections using each password
- Limits concurrent connections to avoid rate limiting
- Logs successful username and password combinations to a file
- Go 1.15 or later
- SSH server to test against (with permission)
- Password list file (
p.txt)
- Install Go.
- Download the required Go package:
go get golang.org/x/crypto/ssh
- Create a file named
p.txtcontaining the list of passwords to try, one per line. - Clone the repository or create a new Go file (
main.go) and copy the provided code into it. - The program uses
rootas the default username, you can change it to match your need. - Run the program:
go run main.go
- Found passwords will be written in credentials_found.txt
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