So I have to admit, for years I have used small freeware programs and never understood why they gave the Binaries (which is obviously the one I would always download) and the source code.
So fast forward to an hour ago. I set up a small network at my house with a few old machines. I have been messing around with different network options and have been playing with remote desktop. That let me to the subject of security. I decided to start messing with a program that I got semi interested in about a year ago but never did much with it call Hydra. Its basicly a brute force cracking program for all different kinds of platforms.
*Side Note, I have been a Mac user for all of about 6 months. Im still learning a lot about the OS platform.
So as I read through Hydra's webpage I noticed that it could run on OS X but I could not find the .dmg file. Thats where it got interesting. this is what I found in the readme for the program:
For your pleasure, Hydra comes as source and binary release.
1. The source code of Hydra: hydra-5.4-src.tar.gz
(compiles on all UNIX based platforms - even MacOS X, Cygwin on Windows, ARM-Linux, etc.)
2. The Win32/Cywin binary release: hydra-5.4-win.zip
(everything you need to run hydra on win32 platforms is in this zip file)
4. The ARM binary release: hydra-5.0-arm.tar.gz (soon updated)
(created by tick (at) thc (dot) org - everything except SAP R/3 is supported,
runs on all Handhelds with ARM processors running Linux, e.g. iPaq, Zaurus, etc.)
3. The Palm binary release: hydra-4.6-palm.zip
(created by snakebyte (at) gmx (dot) de - does not support all attack modules yet)
[NOTE: the Palm release has got a different source tree. Therefore not all]
[ modules are supported, and updates are not very often. ]
So the more and more I read I finally started to realize what the point of all the source codes I saw over the years were for. So far this is what I got out of it.
-I need a program called Xcode to run the script
-I need a program called macports for I dont know what.
I Downloaded the macports program and installed it. Im currently downloading the Xcode program from the apple dev site.
I guess my question is a little vague. What should someone that dosnt have any background in programming expect once xcode is done downloading? does it take much knowlege to simply run a script with xcode? how does macports tie into xcode? I read the basics of what macports is, just a way to compile code across platforms. This really dosnt mean anything to someone with no background in coding.
I guess any information on the specific subject of getting a program code to compile or the similar would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
So fast forward to an hour ago. I set up a small network at my house with a few old machines. I have been messing around with different network options and have been playing with remote desktop. That let me to the subject of security. I decided to start messing with a program that I got semi interested in about a year ago but never did much with it call Hydra. Its basicly a brute force cracking program for all different kinds of platforms.
*Side Note, I have been a Mac user for all of about 6 months. Im still learning a lot about the OS platform.
So as I read through Hydra's webpage I noticed that it could run on OS X but I could not find the .dmg file. Thats where it got interesting. this is what I found in the readme for the program:
For your pleasure, Hydra comes as source and binary release.
1. The source code of Hydra: hydra-5.4-src.tar.gz
(compiles on all UNIX based platforms - even MacOS X, Cygwin on Windows, ARM-Linux, etc.)
2. The Win32/Cywin binary release: hydra-5.4-win.zip
(everything you need to run hydra on win32 platforms is in this zip file)
4. The ARM binary release: hydra-5.0-arm.tar.gz (soon updated)
(created by tick (at) thc (dot) org - everything except SAP R/3 is supported,
runs on all Handhelds with ARM processors running Linux, e.g. iPaq, Zaurus, etc.)
3. The Palm binary release: hydra-4.6-palm.zip
(created by snakebyte (at) gmx (dot) de - does not support all attack modules yet)
[NOTE: the Palm release has got a different source tree. Therefore not all]
[ modules are supported, and updates are not very often. ]
So the more and more I read I finally started to realize what the point of all the source codes I saw over the years were for. So far this is what I got out of it.
-I need a program called Xcode to run the script
-I need a program called macports for I dont know what.
I Downloaded the macports program and installed it. Im currently downloading the Xcode program from the apple dev site.
I guess my question is a little vague. What should someone that dosnt have any background in programming expect once xcode is done downloading? does it take much knowlege to simply run a script with xcode? how does macports tie into xcode? I read the basics of what macports is, just a way to compile code across platforms. This really dosnt mean anything to someone with no background in coding.
I guess any information on the specific subject of getting a program code to compile or the similar would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.