How To Install proxyfuzz on Fedora 34

proxyfuzz is Man-in-the-middle non-deterministic network fuzzer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install proxyfuzz on Fedora 34.

What is proxyfuzz

ProxyFuzz is a man-in-the-middle non-deterministic network fuzzier written in Python. ProxyFuzz randomly changes (fuzzes) contents on the network traffic. It supports TCP and UDP protocols and can also be configured to fuzz only one side of the communication. ProxyFuzz is protocol agnostic so it can randomly fuzz any network communication.

We can use yum or dnf to install proxyfuzz on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install proxyfuzz.

Install proxyfuzz on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install proxyfuzz

Install proxyfuzz on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install proxyfuzz

How To Uninstall proxyfuzz on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove proxyfuzz

proxyfuzz Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/sbin/proxyfuzz
/usr/share/doc/proxyfuzz
/usr/share/doc/proxyfuzz/README-Fedora

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install proxyfuzz on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.