How To Install aeskeyfind on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aeskeyfind on Kali Linux.

What is aeskeyfind

aeskeyfind is:

This program illustrates automatic techniques for locating 128-bit and 256-bit AES keys in a captured memory image.

The program uses various algorithms and also performs a simple entropy test to filter out blocks that are not keys. It counts the number of repeated bytes and skips blocks that have too many repeats.

This method works even if several bits of the key schedule have been corrupted due to memory decay.

This package is useful to several activities, as forensics investigations.

There are three methods to install aeskeyfind on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install aeskeyfind Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install aeskeyfind using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install aeskeyfind

Install aeskeyfind Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aeskeyfind using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aeskeyfind

Install aeskeyfind Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install aeskeyfind using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aeskeyfind

How To Uninstall aeskeyfind on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove aeskeyfind

Uninstall aeskeyfind And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aeskeyfind and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aeskeyfind

Remove aeskeyfind Configurations and Data

To remove aeskeyfind configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aeskeyfind

Remove aeskeyfind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove aeskeyfind configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aeskeyfind

Dependencies

aeskeyfind have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• aeskeyfind website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aeskeyfind package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.