NAME

dirb - Web Content Scanner

SYNOPSIS

dirb <url_base> <url_base> [<wordlist_file(s)>] [options]

DESCRIPTION

DIRB IS a Web Content Scanner. It looks for existing (and/or hidden) Web Objects. It basically works by launching a dictionary basesd attack against a web server and analizing the response.

OPTIONS

-a <agent_string>

Specify your custom USER_AGENT. (Default is: "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)")

-b

Don't squash or merge sequences of /../ or /./ in the given URL.

-c <cookie_string>

Set a cookie for the HTTP request.

-E <certificate>

Use the specified client certificate file.

-f

Fine tunning of NOT_FOUND (404) detection.

-H <header_string>

Add a custom header to the HTTP request.

-i

Use case-insensitive Search.

-l

Print "Location" header when found.

-N <nf_code>

Ignore responses with this HTTP code.

-o <output_file>

Save output to disk.

-p <proxy[:port]>

Use this proxy. (Default port is 1080)

-P <proxy_username:proxy_password>

Proxy Authentication.

-r

Don't Search Recursively.

-R

Interactive Recursion. (Ask in which directories you want to scan)

-S

Silent Mode. Don't show tested words. (For dumb terminals)

-t

Don't force an ending '/' on URLs.

-u <username:password>

Username and password to use.

-v

Show Also Not Existent Pages.

-w

Don't Stop on WARNING messages.

-x <extensions_file>

Amplify search with the extensions on this file.

-X <extensions>

Amplify search with this extensions.

-z <milisecs>

Amplify search with this extensions.

SEE ALSO

brain(x)