How To Install ratproxy on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ratproxy on CentOS 7. ratproxy is A passive web application security assessment tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ratproxy on CentOS 7.

What is ratproxy

A semi-automated, largely passive web application security audit tool, optimized for an accurate and sensitive detection, and automatic annotation, of potential problems and security-relevant design patterns based on the observation of existing, user-initiated traffic in complex web 2.0 environments. Detects and prioritizes broad classes of security problems, such as dynamic cross-site trust model considerations, script inclusion issues, content serving problems, insufficient XSRF and XSS defenses, and much more.

We can use yum or dnf to install ratproxy on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ratproxy.

Install ratproxy on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install ratproxy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ratproxy

Install ratproxy on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install ratproxy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ratproxy

How To Uninstall ratproxy on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ratproxy

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ratproxy on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.