How To Install knock on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install knock on AlmaLinux 8.
What is knock
This is a port-knocking server/client. Port-knocking is a method where a server can sniff one of its interfaces for a special “knock” sequence of port-hits. When detected, it will run a specified event bound to that port knock sequence. These port-hits need not be on open ports, since we use libpcap to sniff the raw interface traffic. This package contains the knock client.
We can use yum or dnf to install knock on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install knock.
Install knock on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install knock using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install knock
Install knock on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install knock using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install knock
How To Uninstall knock on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the knock package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove knock
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install knock on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
