How To Install dsniff on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dsniff
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is dsniff
A collection of tools for network auditing and penetration testing. Dsniff, filesnarf, mailsnarf, msgsnarf, urlsnarf and webspy allow to passively monitor a network for interesting data (passwords, e-mail, files). Arpspoof, dnsspoof and macof facilitate the interception of network traffic normally unavailable to an attacker (e.g, due to layer-2 switching). Sshmitm and webmitm implement active monkey-in-the-middle attacks against redirected SSH and HTTPS sessions by exploiting weak bindings in ad-hoc PKI.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install dsniff
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dsniff.
Install dsniff on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install dsniff
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dsniff
Install dsniff on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install dsniff
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dsniff
How To Uninstall dsniff on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the dsniff
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dsniff
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dsniff
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.