How To Install ftester on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ftester
on Kali Linux.
What is ftester
ftester is:
The Firewall Tester (FTester) is a tool designed for testing firewall filtering policies and Intrusion Detection System (IDS) capabilities.
Features:
- firewall testing
- IDS testing
- simulation of real tcp connections for stateful inspection firewalls and IDS
- TCP connection spoofing
- IP fragmentation / TCP segmentation
- IDS evasion techniques
There are three methods to install ftester
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ftester Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ftester
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ftester
Install ftester Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ftester
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ftester
Install ftester Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ftester
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ftester
How To Uninstall ftester on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ftester
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ftester
Uninstall ftester And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ftester
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ftester
Remove ftester Configurations and Data
To remove ftester
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ftester
Remove ftester configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ftester
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ftester
Dependencies
ftester have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ftester
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.