Re: Too many retries...

[nnposter <nnposter () users sourceforge net>]

The assumed need to use brute.retries=NNN, where NNN is some huge number
is likely off mark. The retries are meant to protect against transient
connectivity hiccups. You might be instead experiencing some fundamental
throttling, blocking or resource exhaustion on the target.

Also, there is no brute.timeout parameter implemented by the brute library.

So...

First, make sure that your brute driver is truly working as expected.
When valid credentials are supplied then the driver correctly recognizes
the successful login and it recognizes failure as well. Make sure that
the driver is properly cleaning after itself on the target (if applicable).

Run the script in a single thread to minimize chances of resource
exhaustion or concurrency constraints.

Any timeout control needs to be implemented by your driver.

Implement and utilize detailed logging in your driver to determine why
exactly the login probes do not work as expected.

If the target is intentionally throttling the logins then you might have
to implement corresponding pacing on your end.

The count of 400 attempts (well, 399) is peculiar. Does it have anything
to do with your credential combinations? If not then you might be
bumping against some target constraint of 400 (of something, like
connections, login attempts, etc.)

Cheers,
nnposter


On 11/13/17 1:20 AM, Alo Yommist wrote:
> PORT    STATE SERVICE REASON
> 443/tcp open  https   syn-ack ttl 244
> | http-brute_for:
> |   Accounts: No valid accounts found
> |   Statistics: Performed 399 guesses in 422 seconds, average tps: 1.1
> |_  ERROR: Too many retries, Aborted...
>
> Hello Devs
> Can some one tell me how to get rid of this too many retries error, I
> thought it was brute.retries and timeout problem but I already increased
> the value of both
> brute.retries=500, brute.timeout=500 but still getting this errors...
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