dirb
E192914
dirb is a web content scanner used in penetration testing to brute-force and discover hidden files and directories on web servers.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1717802 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: dirb Context triple: [Kali Linux, includesTool, dirb]
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A.
Iron Browser
Iron Browser is a Chromium-based web browser focused on enhancing user privacy and security by stripping out many of Google Chrome’s tracking and data-collection features.
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B.
DR DOS
DR DOS is a disk operating system developed by Digital Research as a compatible alternative to MS-DOS for IBM PC–compatible computers.
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C.
DIRAC
DIRAC is a high-energy physics experiment at CERN that investigates fundamental particles and their interactions using the Super Proton Synchrotron’s North Area beamlines.
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D.
Reaver (WPS attack tool)
Reaver is a specialized Wi-Fi security tool designed to exploit vulnerabilities in the WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) protocol in order to recover WPA/WPA2 passphrases.
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E.
Explorer.exe
Explorer.exe is the Windows graphical shell and file manager process that provides the desktop, taskbar, and file-browsing interface.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: dirb Target entity description: dirb is a web content scanner used in penetration testing to brute-force and discover hidden files and directories on web servers.
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A.
Iron Browser
Iron Browser is a Chromium-based web browser focused on enhancing user privacy and security by stripping out many of Google Chrome’s tracking and data-collection features.
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B.
DR DOS
DR DOS is a disk operating system developed by Digital Research as a compatible alternative to MS-DOS for IBM PC–compatible computers.
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C.
DIRAC
DIRAC is a high-energy physics experiment at CERN that investigates fundamental particles and their interactions using the Super Proton Synchrotron’s North Area beamlines.
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D.
Reaver (WPS attack tool)
Reaver is a specialized Wi-Fi security tool designed to exploit vulnerabilities in the WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) protocol in order to recover WPA/WPA2 passphrases.
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E.
Explorer.exe
Explorer.exe is the Windows graphical shell and file manager process that provides the desktop, taskbar, and file-browsing interface.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
command-line tool
ⓘ
security tool ⓘ web content scanner ⓘ |
| canDiscover |
backup files on web servers
ⓘ
configuration files on web servers ⓘ test or development resources on web servers ⓘ unlinked directories on web servers ⓘ |
| category |
penetration testing tools
ⓘ
web application security testing tools ⓘ web security ⓘ |
| distribution |
available in many Linux security distributions
ⓘ
commonly included in penetration testing toolsets ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
HTTP proxy support
ⓘ
ability to filter responses by status code ⓘ ability to ignore specific status codes ⓘ ability to pause and resume scans ⓘ dictionary-based attack ⓘ recursive scanning of directories ⓘ reporting of HTTP response codes ⓘ support for GET requests ⓘ support for HEAD requests ⓘ support for HTTP authentication ⓘ support for SSL/TLS ⓘ support for custom wordlists ⓘ |
| input |
target URL
ⓘ
wordlist file ⓘ |
| license |
GPL
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
|
| output |
HTTP status codes for discovered resources
ⓘ
list of discovered paths ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like operating systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| similarTo |
DirBuster
ⓘ
gobuster ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
HTTP
ⓘ
HTTPS ⓘ |
| typicalUser |
bug bounty hunter
ⓘ
penetration tester ⓘ security researcher ⓘ |
| usedFor |
brute-forcing directories on web servers
ⓘ
content enumeration on web servers ⓘ discovering hidden directories on web servers ⓘ discovering hidden files on web servers ⓘ web application penetration testing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: dirb Description of subject: dirb is a web content scanner used in penetration testing to brute-force and discover hidden files and directories on web servers.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: dirb