How To Install pki-tks on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pki-tks on Kali Linux.
What is pki-tks
pki-tks is:
Certificate System (CS) is an enterprise software system designed to manage enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) deployments.
The Token Key Service (TKS) is an optional PKI subsystem that manages the master key(s) and the transport key(s) required to generate and distribute keys for hardware tokens. TKS provides the security between tokens and an instance of Token Processing System (TPS), where the security relies upon the relationship between the master key and the token keys. A TPS communicates with a TKS over SSL using client authentication.
TKS helps establish a secure channel (signed and encrypted) between the token and the TPS, provides proof of presence of the security token during enrollment, and supports key changeover when the master key changes on the TKS. Tokens with older keys will get new token keys.
Because of the sensitivity of the data that TKS manages, TKS should be set up behind the firewall with restricted access.
There are three methods to install pki-tks 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 pki-tks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pki-tks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pki-tksInstall pki-tks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pki-tks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pki-tksInstall pki-tks 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pki-tks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pki-tksHow To Uninstall pki-tks on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pki-tks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pki-tksUninstall pki-tks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pki-tks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pki-tksRemove pki-tks Configurations and Data
To remove pki-tks configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pki-tksRemove pki-tks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pki-tks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pki-tksDependencies
pki-tks have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pki-tks package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.