---
name: "polenum"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "polenum"
version: "1.6.1-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/polenum"
---

# polenum(1)

Extracts the password policy from a Windows system

## NAME

POLENUM - Extracts the password policy from a Windows system\

## SYNOPSIS

**polenum \[username\[:password\]@\]\<address\> \[--protocols \[protocol list...\]\]**\
\

## DESCRIPTION

This is a simple security-oriented tool. Aims to help system administrators to improve security.

## OPTIONS

There are only two possible options with protocol list:

- **445/SMB**

  Use TCP port 445 to probe Microsoft-DS SMB file sharing.

- **139/SMB**

  Use NetBIOS over TCP/IP Session Service. In order use the session service of the old NBT protocol that runs on TCP port 139.

## EXAMPLES

```
polenum user:password@192.168.1.13 --protocols '445/SMB'
```

Tries to get the password policy of the system 192.168.1.13 by logging in with the provided user name and password using SMB port 445.