EvilZone

So I'm having a bit of trouble with xHydra and I'm wondering if anyone else has had the same issues. I've been testing it out with my own email address to see how it works, and I get the basic principles. And when I put in a short password list with my password on it then it works. However, if I use a fairly extensive password list and my password isn't at the top, then it doesn't work at all. It just stops after trying the top like 20 passwords or so and outputs this error:

[ATTEMPT] target smtp.gmail.com - login "email@gmail.com" - pass "password" - child 1 - 281 of 14620
[ERROR] SSL Connect -1
[VERBOSE] Retrying connection for child 1
[VERBOSE] Could not create an SSL session: error:140770FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol
[ERROR] Child with pid 4529 terminating, can not connect
[ATTEMPT] target smtp.gmail.com - login "email@gmail.com" - pass "password" - child 1 - 281 of 14620
[VERBOSE] using SMTP LOGIN AUTH mechanism
[25][smtp] host: 74.125.193.108   login: email@gmail.com   password: franklin
<finished>

I would like to note that I tried the terminal based version first and had even less luck. Even with my password at the top of the file it didn't work. This output, however, is from the GUI. I'm using smtp on port 465, but I don't feel like it's my settings that are wrong. Is there a limit on how many passwords you're allowed to try at once or something? I'd like to use the unix dictionary and try to guess my pass without putting it in a file myself, but I don't know if this would even be possible.

Anyone know what the issue might be?

I noticed there didn't seem to be a topic directly covering how to use macchanger to spoof your ip. I'm sure all of you know this already, but for the sake of contributing content, and for the less adept user, here are the precise commands you need to use.
Open a terminal window, and install macchanger with sudo apt-get install macchanger

Perform a basic ifconfig to learn your current mac address.



sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
(shuts down networking service)
sudo macchanger -r wlan0
(generates random mac address)
OR
sudo macchanger -m 00:11:22:33:44:55 wlan0
(generates specific mac address)
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
(restarts networking service)
ifconfig
(view new mac address)


If you are successful, enjoy your success. Note this doesn't make you completely anonymous, but it's among the precautions you should be aware of.