How To Install libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl on Debian 12

Learn how to install libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl is library to determine DNS server vendor, product and version

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl on Debian 12.

What is libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl

libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl is:

Identifying individual nameserver implementations is based on “borderline” protocol behaviour. The DNS protocol offers a multitude of message bits, response types, opcodes, classes, query types and label types in a fashion that makes some mutually exclusive while some are not used in a query messages at all.

Not every implementation offers the full set of features the DNS protocol set currently has. Some implementations offer features outside the protocol set, and there are implementations that do not conform to standards.

Amongst the servers it is able to identify are:

  • VGRS ATLAS
  • BIND (v4, v8, v9)
  • eNom DNS
  • Incognito DNS commander
  • MARADNS
  • MS Server NT4/2000/2003
  • MyDNS
  • Net::DNS::Namesever
  • Nominnum ANS/CNS
  • NonSequitur DNS
  • NSD
  • Oak DNS
  • Pliant DNS Server
  • Posadis
  • PowerDNS
  • QuickDNS
  • Rbldnsd
  • Simple DNS plus
  • TinyDNS
  • TotD
  • UltraDNS
  • pdnsd
  • Yaku-NS
  • DeleGate DNS proxy
  • sheerdns
  • dproxy
  • dnrd
  • JDNSS
  • javadns jnamed
  • Nomde DNS tunnel
  • Viking DNS server
  • small HTTP server
  • Cisco Network Registrar
  • Netnumber ENUM server
  • RaidenDNSD
  • Runtop Implementation
  • Mikrotik Implementation
  • Axis Video Network Implementation
  • Fasthosts Envisage DNS server
  • WinGate DNS
  • Ascenvision SwiftDNS
  • Nortel Networks Instant Internet
  • Nortel Networks Alteon ACEswitch
  • Aethra ATOS Stargate ADSL
  • 3Com Office Connect Remote
  • 4d WebSTAR
  • Netopia Implementation
  • DNS4me
  • Tzolkin DNS service
  • jdns javadns service
  • dents

This module is called: Net::Dns::Fingerprint

There are three methods to install libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl

Install libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl

Install libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl 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 libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl

How To Uninstall libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl

Uninstall libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl

Remove libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl

Remove libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl

Dependencies

libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.