{"id":4091,"date":"2016-03-08T01:19:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T17:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2017-09-04T17:28:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T09:28:01","slug":"dirb-domain-brute-forcing-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2016\/03\/dirb-domain-brute-forcing-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"DIRB &#8211; Domain Brute-forcing Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DIRB is a Web Content Scanner AKA a domain brute-forcing tool. It looks for existing (and\/or hidden) Web Objects, it works by launching a dictionary based attack against a web server and analysing the responses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dirb.png\" alt=\"DIRB - Domain Brute-forcing Tool\" width=\"619\" height=\"455\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4101\" \/><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3033787195489589\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Darknet Responsive Post Ad Links [previously link ad unit] -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3033787195489589\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5456620019\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<h2>What is DIRB?<\/h2>\n<p>DIRB comes with a set of preconfigured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2008\/02\/password-cracking-wordlists-and-tools-for-brute-forcing\/\">attack word-lists<\/a> for easy usage but you can use your custom word-lists. Also it can sometimes can be used as a classic CGI scanner, but do remember this is a content scanner not a vulnerability scanner.<\/p>\n<p>There are other tools with similar functionalities such as:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2015\/06\/patator-multi-threaded-service-url-brute-forcing-tool\/\">Patator \u2013 Multi-threaded Service &#038; URL Brute Forcing Tool<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2014\/07\/dirs3arch-http-file-directory-brute-forcing-tool\/\">dirs3arch \u2013 HTTP File &#038; Directory Brute Forcing Tool<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2011\/11\/dirbuster-brute-force-directories-files-names\/\">DirBuster &#8211; Brute Force Directories &#038; Files Names<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And tools that can accomplish the same or similar things like:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2008\/04\/wfuzz-v14-released-for-download-bruteforcing-fuzzing-web-applications\/\">Wfuzz v1.4 Released for Download \u2013 Bruteforcing &#038; Fuzzing Web Applications<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>DIRB Usage For Domain Brute-forcing<\/h3>\n<pre>dirb\r\n\r\n-----------------\r\nDIRB v2.21\r\nBy The Dark Raver\r\n-----------------\r\n\r\n.\/dirb <url_base> [<wordlist_file(s)>] [options]\r\n\r\n========================= NOTES =========================\r\n <url_base> : Base URL to scan. (Use -resume for session resuming)\r\n <wordlist_file(s)> : List of wordfiles. (wordfile1,wordfile2,wordfile3...)\r\n\r\n======================== HOTKEYS ========================\r\n 'n' -> Go to next directory.\r\n 'q' -> Stop scan. (Saving state for resume)\r\n 'r' -> Remaining scan stats.\r\n\r\n======================== OPTIONS ========================\r\n -a <agent_string> : Specify your custom USER_AGENT.\r\n -c <cookie_string> : Set a cookie for the HTTP request.\r\n -f : Fine tunning of NOT_FOUND (404) detection.\r\n -H <header_string> : Add a custom header to the HTTP request.\r\n -i : Use case-insensitive search.\r\n -l : Print \"Location\" header when found.\r\n -N <nf_code>: Ignore responses with this HTTP code.\r\n -o <output_file> : Save output to disk.\r\n -p <proxy[:port]> : Use this proxy. (Default port is 1080)\r\n -P <proxy_username:proxy_password> : Proxy Authentication.\r\n -r : Don't search recursively.\r\n -R : Interactive recursion. (Asks for each directory)\r\n -S : Silent Mode. Don't show tested words. (For dumb terminals)\r\n -t : Don't force an ending '\/' on URLs.\r\n -u <username:password> : HTTP Authentication.\r\n -v : Show also NOT_FOUND pages.\r\n -w : Don't stop on WARNING messages.\r\n -X <extensions> \/ -x <exts_file> : Append each word with this extensions.\r\n -z <milisecs> : Add a miliseconds delay to not cause excessive Flood.\r\n\r\n======================== EXAMPLES =======================\r\n .\/dirb http:\/\/url\/directory\/ (Simple Test)\r\n .\/dirb http:\/\/url\/ -X .html (Test files with '.html' extension)\r\n .\/dirb http:\/\/url\/ \/usr\/share\/dirb\/wordlists\/vulns\/apache.txt (Test with apache.txt wordlist)\r\n .\/dirb https:\/\/secure_url\/ (Simple Test with SSL)<\/pre>\n<p>You can download DIRB the domain brute force tool here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/dirb\/files\/dirb\/2.22\/dirb222.tar.gz\/download\">dirb222.tar.gz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or read more <a href=\"http:\/\/dirb.sourceforge.net\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIRB is a Web Content Scanner AKA a domain brute-forcing tool. It looks for existing (and\/or hidden) Web Objects, it works by launching a dictionary based attack against a web server and analysing the responses. What is DIRB? DIRB comes with a set of preconfigured attack word-lists for easy usage but you can use your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"DIRB is a Web Content Scanner AKA a domain brute-forcing tool. 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