Alternatives to Responder
LLMNR, NBT-NS and mDNS testing tool for internal network assessments. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Responder
LLMNR, NBT-NS and mDNS testing tool for internal network assessments.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Responder.
bettercap
Network reconnaissance and man-in-the-middle testing framework.
bettercap is a broader man-in-the-middle framework covering Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Ethernet with scriptable proxies, running on Windows and macOS as well as Linux.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Impacket
Python library and tool collection for working with network protocols.
NetExec
Assess network services during authorized enterprise security tests.
Kerbrute
Enumerates Active Directory usernames and tests passwords through Kerberos.
hashcat
A GPU password recovery tool used for auditing how weak the password hashes in your own systems actually are.
John the Ripper
The long-running password auditing tool, whose community jumbo build supports hundreds of hash and cipher types.
enum4linux-ng
Inspect information exposed by Windows and Samba services.
