How To Install ike-scan on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ike-scan in Fedora 36. ike-scan is IKE protocol tool to discover, fingerprint and test IPsec VPN servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ike-scan on Fedora 36.

What is `ike-scan`

ike-scan is a command-line tool that uses the IKE protocol to discover, fingerprint and test IPsec VPN servers.

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

Install ike-scan 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 ike-scan using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ike-scan

Install ike-scan 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 ike-scan using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ike-scan

How To Uninstall ike-scan on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ike-scan package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ike-scan

ike-scan Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ike-scan
/usr/bin/psk-crack
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/276eaa9c223770955cca04af954c12f6dd30ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/5e1ca7c95046e7f44daf510031bf1ebba2d249
/usr/share/doc/ike-scan
/usr/share/doc/ike-scan/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ike-scan/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ike-scan/README
/usr/share/doc/ike-scan/TODO
/usr/share/ike-scan
/usr/share/ike-scan/ike-backoff-patterns
/usr/share/ike-scan/ike-vendor-ids
/usr/share/ike-scan/psk-crack-dictionary
/usr/share/licenses/ike-scan
/usr/share/licenses/ike-scan/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ike-scan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psk-crack.1.gz

References

ike-scan website

Summary

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