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A DoS attack is usually a last resort attack because it is considered unsophisticated. This type of attack doesn’t give the hacker any information or benefits but instead annoys the target and interrupts their service. DDoS attacks are an advanced version of a DoS attacked in a much larger scale. DDoS attacks are coordinated and strategized to flood the victim target’s system

There are specific types of modules in the framework which are used for many different purposes

Metasploit Framework is a Ruby based penetration testing platform that enables you to write, test, and execute exploit code. The Metasploit framework contains a whole toolkit that you can use to test vulnerabilities, enumerate networks, execute attacks, and evade detection.

Attacking Passwords
•Password is used as one of the authentication
factor
•Authentication can be based on the following
factor:
• Something you know
• Something you have
•Who you are

Type of password attacks
•Offline attack
•You need physical access to the machine to be able
to perform this attack
•Online attack
•Attack from remote location

Offline Cracking Tool
•Rainbowcrack
•Samdump2
•John The Ripper
•Ophcrack
•Crunch
•Wyd