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Created: 2025-07-16T21:54Z

[--] efficient commands for pentesting on Linux:
nmap: 
nmap -p- <target IP> (Scan all ports on a target)
netcat: 
nc -nv <target IP> <port> (Open a TCP connection to a target)
tcpdump: 
tcpdump -i eth0 tcp port [--] (Capture network traffic on port 80)
wireshark: 
wireshark (Start the Wireshark GUI)
traceroute: 
traceroute <target IP> (Show the route that packets take to reach a target)
dig: 
dig <target domain> (Query DNS information for a domain)
whois: 
whois <target domain> (Lookup WHOIS information for a domain)
ncat: 
ncat -lvp <port> (Listen on a specific port for incoming connections)
snort: 
snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -l /var/log/snort/ -A console (Start Snort with a specific configuration file and log directory)
john: 
john --wordlist=/usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt --format=raw-md5 <hashfile> (Crack an MD5 hash using the rockyou wordlist)
hydra: 
hydra -l <username> -P /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt <target IP> ssh (Brute-force SSH login using a username and password list)
metasploit: 
msfconsole (Start the Metasploit Framework console)
sqlmap: 
sqlmap -u --dbs (Scan a website for SQL injection vulnerabilities)
nikto: 
nikto -h <target IP> (Scan a web server for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations)
wpscan: 
wpscan --url <target URL> --enumerate u (Scan a WordPress site for vulnerabilities and user information)
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