How To Install inetsim on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetsim on Debian 10.
What is inetsim
inetsim is:
INetSim is a software suite for simulating common internet services in a lab environment, e.g. for analyzing the network behaviour of unknown malware samples.
INetSim supports simulation of the following services: HTTP, SMTP, POP3, DNS, FTP, NTP, TFTP, IRC, Ident, Finger, Syslog, ‘Small servers’ (Daytime, Time, Echo, Chargen, Discard, Quotd)
Additional features:
- Faketime
- Connection redirection
- Detailed logging and reports
- TLS/SSL support for several services
There are three methods to install inetsim 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 inetsim Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install inetsim using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inetsim
Install inetsim Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inetsim using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inetsim
Install inetsim 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 inetsim using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inetsim
How To Uninstall inetsim on Debian 10
To uninstall only the inetsim package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inetsim
Uninstall inetsim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inetsim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inetsim
Remove inetsim Configurations and Data
To remove inetsim configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inetsim
Remove inetsim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inetsim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inetsim
Dependencies
inetsim have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- perl
- libnet-server-perl
- libnet-dns-perl
- libipc-shareable-perl
- libdigest-sha-perl
- lsb-base
- adduser
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetsim package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.