How To Install inetsim on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetsim on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inetsim
Remove inetsim Configurations and Data
To remove inetsim configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetsim package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.