.TH DIRB 1 "27/01/2009" "The Dark Raver"
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.SH NAME
dirb \- Web Content Scanner
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dirb <url_base>
.I <url_base>
.I [<wordlist_file(s)>]
.I [options]
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.SH 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.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -a <agent_string>
.RB
Specify your custom USER_AGENT.
(Default is: "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)")
.TP
.B -b
.RB
Don't squash or merge sequences of /../ or /./ in the given URL.
.TP
.B -c <cookie_string>
.RB 
Set a cookie for the HTTP request.
.TP
.B -E <certificate>
.RB
Use the specified client certificate file.
.TP
.B -f
.RB
Fine tunning of NOT_FOUND (404) detection.
.TP
.B -H <header_string>
.RB
Add a custom header to the HTTP request.
.TP
.B -i
.RB
Use case-insensitive Search.
.TP
.B -l
.RB
Print "Location" header when found.
.TP
.B -N <nf_code> 
.RB
Ignore responses with this HTTP code.
.TP
.B -o <output_file> 
.RB
Save output to disk.
.TP
.B -p <proxy[:port]> 
.RB
Use this proxy. (Default port is 1080)
.TP
.B -P <proxy_username:proxy_password> 
.RB
Proxy Authentication.
.TP
.B -r 
.RB
Don't Search Recursively.
.TP
.B -R
.RB
Interactive Recursion.
(Ask in which directories you want to scan)
.TP
.B -S
.RB
Silent Mode. Don't show tested words. (For dumb terminals)
.TP
.B -t
.RB
Don't force an ending '/' on URLs.
.TP
.B -u <username:password> 
.RB
Username and password to use.
.TP
.B -v
.RB
Show Also Not Existent Pages.
.TP
.B -w
.RB
Don't Stop on WARNING messages.
.TP
.B -x <extensions_file> 
.RB
Amplify search with the extensions on this file.
.TP
.B -X <extensions> 
.RB
Amplify search with this extensions.
.TP
.B -z <milisecs> 
.RB
Amplify search with this extensions.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR brain (x)