How To Install ippl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ippl on Kali Linux. ippl is IP protocols logger

Introduction

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

What is ippl

ippl is:

writes information about incoming ICMP messages, TCP connections and UDP datagrams to syslog.

It is highly configurable and has a built-in DNS cache.

Please note that upstream is rather inactive lately (no release since 2001), and that there are some rather nasty bugs.

An incomplete list of the bugs includes:

  • random packets don’t get logged sometimes
  • stops logging at all after some weeks
  • ipv6 never got implemented
  • documentation is out of sync.

Trying to fix these bugs is not easy. Please do not expect the Debian maintainer to do this, but patches are appreciated.

Please consider using a fully-grown intrusion detection system (like snort) instead of ippl.

Upstream URL: http://pltplp.net/ippl/

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ippl

Install ippl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ippl

Install ippl 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 ippl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ippl

How To Uninstall ippl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ippl

Uninstall ippl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ippl

Remove ippl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ippl

Remove ippl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ippl

Dependencies

ippl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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