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Cewl (Custom Word List generator) is a tool used for generating custom wordlists by scraping websites. It is designed primarily for penetration testers and security professionals to collect a list of potential passwords or usernames from web pages. Cewl works by crawling through a specified URL, extracting words, and then compiling them into a wordlist that can be used for password cracking, brute-force attacks, or security testing. Key features of Cewl: 1. **Customizable depth**: You can specify how deep Cewl should crawl into a website, allowing it to scrape multiple linked pages. 2. **Wordlist generation**: It creates a list of unique words from the text content of a website. 3. **Options for filtering**: Cewl allows users to set minimum word lengths, frequency of words, and more to refine the generated wordlist. 4. **User agent support**: You can specify a custom user agent, which helps in avoiding detection or mimic specific browsers during the crawl. Common use case: Security professionals use Cewl to gather contextual words from a website that may be relevant to its users, increasing the chances of successfully guessing passwords in brute-force attacks. Cewl is available in Kali Linux and can be customized to suit various penetration testing needs.