How To Install goldeneye on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install goldeneye on Debian 10.
What is goldeneye
goldeneye is:
GoldenEye is a HTTP DoS Test Tool. This tool can be used to test if a site is susceptible to Deny of Service (DoS) attacks. Is possible to open several parallel connections against a URL to check if the web server can be compromised.
The program tests the security in networks and uses ‘HTTP Keep Alive
- NoCache’ as attack vector.
This package is useful for pentesters.
There are three methods to install goldeneye on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install goldeneye Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install goldeneye using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install goldeneye
Install goldeneye Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install goldeneye using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install goldeneye
Install goldeneye Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install goldeneye using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install goldeneye
How To Uninstall goldeneye on Debian 10
To uninstall only the goldeneye package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove goldeneye
Uninstall goldeneye And Its Dependencies
To uninstall goldeneye and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove goldeneye
Remove goldeneye Configurations and Data
To remove goldeneye configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge goldeneye
Remove goldeneye configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove goldeneye configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge goldeneye
Dependencies
goldeneye have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install goldeneye package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.