How To Install ssldump on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssldump in Fedora 36. ssldump is SSL/TLS network protocol analyzer

Introduction

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

What is ssldump

The ssldump program is an SSL/TLS network protocol analyzer. It identifies TCP connections on the chosen network interface and attempts to interpret them as SSL/TLS traffic. When ssldump identifies SSL/TLS traffic, ssldump decodes the records and displays them in a textual form to stdout. And if provided with the appropriate keying material, ssldump will also decrypt the connections and display the application data traffic. This program is based on tcpdump, a network monitoring and data acquisition tool.

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

Install ssldump 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 ssldump using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ssldump

Install ssldump 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 ssldump using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ssldump

How To Uninstall ssldump on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ssldump

ssldump Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/efce2809ef9b8116df8dc9e3c58b933090d8b4
/usr/sbin/ssldump
/usr/share/doc/ssldump
/usr/share/doc/ssldump/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/ssldump/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ssldump/HOWTO
/usr/share/doc/ssldump/README
/usr/share/doc/ssldump/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ssldump
/usr/share/licenses/ssldump/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/man/man1/ssldump.1.gz

References

Summary

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