How To Install spikeproxy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spikeproxy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is spikeproxy
spikeproxy is:
SPIKE proXy is part of the SPIKE Application Testing Suite, It functions as an HTTP and HTTPS proxy, and allows the web developer or web application auditor low level access to the entire web application interface, while also providing a bevy of automated tools and techniques for discovering common problems. These automated tools include:
- Automated SQL Injection Detection
- Web Site Crawling (guaranteed not to crawl sites other than the one being tested)
- Login form brute forcing
- Automated overflow detection
- Automated directory traversal detection
In addition to automated analysis, SPIKE proXy allows the user to analyse the internals of the web application by viewing and changing all variables, cookies, headers, or other parts of the request and resubmit them. Also, a single installation can be shared by multiple users.
There are three methods to install spikeproxy on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install spikeproxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install spikeproxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install spikeproxy
Install spikeproxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install spikeproxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install spikeproxy
Install spikeproxy Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install spikeproxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spikeproxy
How To Uninstall spikeproxy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the spikeproxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spikeproxy
Uninstall spikeproxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spikeproxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spikeproxy
Remove spikeproxy Configurations and Data
To remove spikeproxy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spikeproxy
Remove spikeproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spikeproxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spikeproxy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spikeproxy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
