How To Install aeskeyfind on CentOS 8

aeskeyfind is Locate 128-bit and 256-bit AES keys in a captured memory image

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aeskeyfind on CentOS 8.

What is aeskeyfind

This program illustrates automatic techniques for locating 128-bit and 256-bit AES keys in a captured memory image. The program uses various algorithms and also performs a simple entropy test to filter out blocks that are not keys. It counts the number of repeated bytes and skips blocks that have too many repeats. This method works even if several bits of the key schedule have been corrupted due to memory decay. This package is useful to several activities, as forensics investigations.

We can use yum or dnf to install aeskeyfind on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install aeskeyfind.

Install aeskeyfind on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install aeskeyfind using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install aeskeyfind

Install aeskeyfind on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install aeskeyfind using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install aeskeyfind

How To Uninstall aeskeyfind on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the aeskeyfind package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove aeskeyfind

aeskeyfind Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/aeskeyfind
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/72b7d03cd2b0a86994e7331bf97af63a8fd29a
/usr/share/doc/aeskeyfind
/usr/share/doc/aeskeyfind/README
/usr/share/licenses/aeskeyfind
/usr/share/licenses/aeskeyfind/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/aeskeyfind.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aeskeyfind on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.