How To Install endlessh on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install endlessh in Fedora 36. endlessh is SSH tarpit that slowly sends an endless banner

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install endlessh on Fedora 36.

What is `endlessh`

Endlessh is an SSH tarpit that very slowly sends an endless, random SSH banner. It keeps SSH clients locked up for hours or even days at a time. The purpose is to put your real SSH server on another port and then let the script kiddies get stuck in this tarpit instead of bothering a real server.

We can use yum or dnf to install endlessh on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install endlessh.

Install endlessh on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install endlessh

Install endlessh on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install endlessh

How To Uninstall endlessh on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove endlessh

endlessh Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/endlessh
/etc/endlessh/config
/usr/bin/endlessh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/657041b01c8d64be2f7cff3c43b6c56c400f91
/usr/lib/systemd/system/endlessh.service
/usr/share/doc/endlessh
/usr/share/doc/endlessh/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/endlessh
/usr/share/licenses/endlessh/UNLICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/endlessh.1.gz

References

endlessh website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install endlessh on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).