How To Install iaxflood on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is iaxflood

iaxflood is:

A UDP Inter-Asterisk_eXchange (i.e. IAX) packet was captured from an IAX channel between two Asterisk IP PBX’s. The content of that packet is the source of the payload for the attack embodied by this tool. While the IAX protocol header might not match the Asterisk PBX you’ll attack with this tool, it may require more processing on the part of the PBX than a simple udpflood without any payload that even resembles an IAX payload.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install iaxflood

Install iaxflood Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install iaxflood

Install iaxflood 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 iaxflood using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install iaxflood

How To Uninstall iaxflood on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove iaxflood

Uninstall iaxflood And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove iaxflood

Remove iaxflood Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge iaxflood

Remove iaxflood configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iaxflood

Dependencies

iaxflood have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• iaxflood website

Summary

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