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authoscope mit Homebrew, Nix, pacman installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für authoscope in AI-Agent-Workflows.

Installationsbefehl Sicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install authoscope

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#authoscope

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/au/authoscope/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S authoscope

Arch Linux sync databases · authoscope · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Scriptable network authentication cracker

Projektlinks

Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

authoscope
badtouch

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

authoscope is a Rust security CLI for scriptable network authentication testing. Its niche is custom-service credential testing: rather than hardcoding protocols like older cracking tools, it embeds Lua scripts that define a `verify(user, password)` function while the runtime handles concurrency, progress, and reporting.

Projektgeschichte

The upstream repository was created in March 2018. The README explicitly positions authoscope against established tools such as Ncrack, Hydra, and Medusa, arguing that custom web applications still force testers to write one-off scripts.

The project originally shipped a `badtouch` binary; release notes for v0.8.0 in May 2021 renamed the tool to `authoscope` while keeping the old binary temporarily. Version 0.8.1 in March 2022 updated dependencies for OpenSSL 3 build compatibility.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Official installation docs mention Arch Linux packaging and Homebrew on macOS, with source installation through Rust/Cargo. The Homebrew formula packages 0.8.1 from the official GitHub tag, and the input package-manager facts also list Nix and pacman packaging.

The project has a smaller, security-specialist footprint rather than broad mainstream adoption. Its value comes from being packaged as a ready-made CLI for authorized testing workflows that otherwise devolve into bespoke Python scripts.

Wie es verwendet wird

authoscope supports dictionary attacks, credential confirmation, username enumeration, and one-shot script debugging. Scripts are written in Lua and can use helper functions for HTTP sessions, HTML selection, sockets, LDAP, MySQL, hashing, HMAC, encoding, sleeps, and external command execution.

The documented config file is `~/.config/authoscope.toml`, used for defaults such as a global user agent and file-descriptor limits. Credentials are normally supplied as user/password lists, combo files, or command arguments rather than being stored in a fixed credentials file.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

authoscope is package-nerd interesting because it is a security tool with a language-runtime split: Rust for the engine, Lua for target-specific probes, and OS packages for delivery.

It also shows how naming history leaks into packaging. The old `badtouch` binary remains visible in the Homebrew input executables, while the current project name and docs are authoscope.

Zeitleiste

2018: Public GitHub repository created.
2018: ReadTheDocs build metadata and repository metadata place the initial public documentation era in 2018.
2021: v0.8.0 renamed `badtouch` to `authoscope`.
2022: v0.8.1 updated dependencies for OpenSSL 3 build compatibility.

Related projects

The README compares authoscope with Ncrack, Hydra, and Medusa. Its scripting model overlaps conceptually with one-off Python requests scripts, but provides a packaged concurrent runtime.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

text:network

Installationsverhalten

Es wurden keine Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten erfasst.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.config/authoscope.toml

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`authoscope`	Executable	indexiertes Executable	Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt.
`badtouch`	Executable	indexiertes Executable	Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt.

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-08-03

Manager-Version0.8.1

Manager aktualisiert

lokale Datenunbekannt

Upstreamnicht verfügbar

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:authoscope
Version	0.8.1
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/kpcyrd/authoscope
Repository	https://github.com/kpcyrd/authoscope
Bottle	nicht erfasst
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

authoscope

nix profile install nixpkgs#authoscope

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Authoscope

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/au/authoscope/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

pacman95%

authoscope 0.8.1-3