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@article{200758,
        author = {Shailesh G. Thakare and Sanika R. Patil and Ankush L. Patil and Dr. Pushpalata Aher},
        title = {NetCluster: A Lightweight LAN-Based Distributed Cybersecurity Toolkit with PIN-Based Cluster and Resource Management Using Ray Framework},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {12},
        pages = {1354-1358},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=200758},
        abstract = {Cybersecurity operations such as password cracking and brute-force attacks demand large amounts of computational power, especially when working with massive password wordlists and complex key spaces. Single-machine approaches simply cannot keep up with this scale in a reasonable amount of time. This paper presents NetCluster, a lightweight distributed cybersecurity toolkit built for local area network (LAN) environments using the Ray framework. The system introduces a PIN-based cluster connection mechanism that allows controlled and secure participation of nodes, and also supports user-defined CPU allocation for flexible resource management. Unlike traditional broadcast-based systems, NetCluster can support multiple independent clusters running within the same network without interference. We evaluated the system using the rockyou.txt dataset and found that distributing the workload across nodes significantly cuts down execution time, with near-linear speedup observed for small cluster configurations. Overall, NetCluster is easy to deploy, scalable, and well-suited for academic and research use cases.},
        keywords = {Cluster Management, Cybersecurity Toolkit, Distributed Computing, Hash Cracking, Parallel Processing, Ray Framework, Resource Allocation.},
        month = {May},
        }