How To Install hb-honeypot on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hb-honeypot on Kali Linux.

What is hb-honeypot

hb-honeypot is:

This Perl script listens on TCP port 443 and responds with completely bogus SSL heartbeat responses, unless it detects the start of a byte pattern similar to that used in Jared Stafford’s ([email protected]) demo for CVE-2014-0160 ‘Heartbleed’. Run as root for the privileged port. Outputs IPs of suspected heartbleed scan to the console. Rickrolls scanner in the hex dump.

There are three methods to install hb-honeypot 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 hb-honeypot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hb-honeypot

Install hb-honeypot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hb-honeypot

Install hb-honeypot 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 hb-honeypot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hb-honeypot

How To Uninstall hb-honeypot on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hb-honeypot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hb-honeypot

Uninstall hb-honeypot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hb-honeypot

Remove hb-honeypot Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hb-honeypot

Remove hb-honeypot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hb-honeypot

Dependencies

hb-honeypot have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• hb-honeypot website

Summary

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