How To Install tlssled on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install tlssled in Fedora 36. tlssled is An evaluation tool for SSL/TLS (HTTPS) web server implementations

Introduction

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

What is tlssled

TLSSLed is a Linux shell script whose purpose is to evaluate the security of a target SSL/TLS (HTTPS) web server implementation. It is based on sslscan, a thorough SSL/TLS scanner that is based on the openssl library, and on the “openssl s_client” command line tool. The current tests include checking if the target supports the SSLv2 protocol, the NULL cipher, weak ciphers based on their key length (40 or 56 bits), the availability of strong ciphers (like AES), if the digital certificate is MD5 signed, and the current SSL/TLS renegotiation capabilities.

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

Install tlssled 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 tlssled using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tlssled

Install tlssled 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 tlssled using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tlssled

How To Uninstall tlssled on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove tlssled

tlssled Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/tlssled

References

Summary

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