How To Install crowbar on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is crowbar

crowbar is:

This package contains Crowbar (formally known as Levye). It is a brute forcing tool that can be used during penetration tests. It was developed to brute force some protocols in a different manner according to other popular brute forcing tools. As an example, while most brute forcing tools use username and password for SSH brute force, Crowbar uses SSH key(s). This allows for any private keys that have been obtained during penetration tests, to be used to attack other SSH servers.

Currently Crowbar supports: * OpenVPN (-b openvpn) * Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) with NLA support (-b rdp) * SSH private key authentication (-b sshkey) * VNC key authentication (-b vpn)

There are three methods to install crowbar 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 crowbar Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install crowbar

Install crowbar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install crowbar

Install crowbar 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 crowbar using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install crowbar

How To Uninstall crowbar on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove crowbar

Uninstall crowbar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove crowbar

Remove crowbar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge crowbar

Remove crowbar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crowbar

Dependencies

crowbar have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• crowbar website

Summary

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