THC Hydra and handling of the password file

[Martin T <m4rtntns () gmail com>]

Is it true that Hydra, before attacking the specified host, will read
the entire password file(-P /root/words.txt) into the RAM? If yes,
then what are the size limitations for the password file?


regards,
martin

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