Login brute forcing > Service Authentication Attacks > Service Authentication Brute Forcing
Hello,
No matter how many different things / different targets I tried, my target host seems to be down. When I try attacking the ssh, I get this hydra response: “Timeout connecting to [IP]”. I tried resseting the target multiple times but still no luck.
Hey, it doesn’t work because you are specifying the port in the hydra command (ssh//:IP:22). Instead of 22, use the port shown when you spawn the machine. Usually, you would use 22 but most likely HTB is using this machine for multiple users, hence it starts up a new ssh service on a random port when you spawn the machine.