How To Install bruteforce-luks on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bruteforce-luks on Kali Linux.
What is bruteforce-luks
bruteforce-luks is:
The program is used to try discovery a password for encrypted LUKS volume used to security reasons. It works trying decrypt at least one of the key slots by trying all the possible passwords. It is used in forensics and is especially useful if you know something about the password (i.e. you forgot a part of your password but still remember most of it).
Because of cryptography complexity, crack the password of a LUKS volume without knowing anything about it would take way too much time (unless the password is really short and/or weak).
There are three methods to install bruteforce-luks 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 bruteforce-luks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bruteforce-luks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bruteforce-luksInstall bruteforce-luks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bruteforce-luks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bruteforce-luksInstall bruteforce-luks 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bruteforce-luks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bruteforce-luksHow To Uninstall bruteforce-luks on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bruteforce-luks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bruteforce-luksUninstall bruteforce-luks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bruteforce-luks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bruteforce-luksRemove bruteforce-luks Configurations and Data
To remove bruteforce-luks configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bruteforce-luksRemove bruteforce-luks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bruteforce-luks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bruteforce-luksDependencies
bruteforce-luks have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bruteforce-luks package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
