How To Install radsecproxy on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install radsecproxy on Kali Linux. radsecproxy is RADIUS protocol proxy supporting RadSec

Introduction

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

What is radsecproxy

radsecproxy is:

radsecproxy is a generic RADIUS proxy that in addition to usual RADIUS UDP transport also supports TLS (RadSec). It aims to be flexible while at the same time small in size and memory footprint, efficient and easy to configure.

It can be useful as a proxy on site boundaries or in other complex RADIUS routing topologies. It supports both IPv4 and IPv6.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install radsecproxy

Install radsecproxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install radsecproxy

Install radsecproxy 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 radsecproxy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install radsecproxy

How To Uninstall radsecproxy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove radsecproxy

Uninstall radsecproxy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove radsecproxy

Remove radsecproxy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge radsecproxy

Remove radsecproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge radsecproxy

Dependencies

radsecproxy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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