How To Install natlog on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install natlog on Debian 12.
What is natlog
natlog is:
Firewalls like iptables usually offer POSTROUTING source network address translation facilities changing the source address of a host behind the firewall to the address of the host before the firewall.
The standard log facilities provided by iptables do not easily allow associating addresses behind the firewall with their source-natted equivalents before the firewall. Natlog was designed to fill in that particular niche.
When running natlog, messages are sent to the syslog daemon and/or to the standard output stream showing the essential characteristics of the connection using source natting. Here is an example:
from Fri 8 22:30:10:55588 until Fri 8 22:40:43:807100: 192.168.19.72:4467 (via: 129.125.90.132:4467) to 200.49.219.180:443
Natlog depends on facilities provided by iptables; work is in progress to generate logs using facilities offered by the pcap library.
There are three methods to install natlog 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 natlog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install natlog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install natlog
Install natlog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install natlog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install natlog
Install natlog 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 natlog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install natlog
How To Uninstall natlog on Debian 12
To uninstall only the natlog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove natlog
Uninstall natlog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall natlog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove natlog
Remove natlog Configurations and Data
To remove natlog configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge natlog
Remove natlog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove natlog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge natlog
Dependencies
natlog have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install natlog package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
