How To Install cisco-torch on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cisco-torch on Kali Linux.

What is cisco-torch

cisco-torch is:

The main feature that makes cisco-torch different from similar tools is the extensive use of forking to launch multiple scanning processes on the background for maximum scanning efficiency. Also, it uses several methods of application layer fingerprinting simultaneoulsy, if needed. We wanted something fast to discover remote Cisco hosts running Telnet, SSH, Web, NTP, TFTP and SNMP services and launch dicitionary attacks against the services discovered, including SNMP community attack (you would like the community.txt list :-) and TFTP servers (configuration file name bruteforcing with following config leeching). The tool can also get device configurationfiles automatically if SNMP RW community is found.

There are three methods to install cisco-torch 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 cisco-torch Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cisco-torch

Install cisco-torch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cisco-torch

Install cisco-torch 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 cisco-torch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cisco-torch

How To Uninstall cisco-torch on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cisco-torch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cisco-torch

Uninstall cisco-torch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cisco-torch

Remove cisco-torch Configurations and Data

To remove cisco-torch configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cisco-torch

Remove cisco-torch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cisco-torch

Dependencies

cisco-torch have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libnet-telnet-perl
• libnet-ssh2-perl
• libnet-snmp-perl

References

• cisco-torch website

Summary

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