How To Install spikeproxy on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install spikeproxy on Debian 9. spikeproxy is Web application security testing proxy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spikeproxy on Debian 9.

What is spikeproxy

spikeproxy is:

SPIKE proXy is part of the SPIKE Application Testing Suite, It functions as an HTTP and HTTPS proxy, and allows the web developer or web application auditor low level access to the entire web application interface, while also providing a bevy of automated tools and techniques for discovering common problems. These automated tools include:

  • Automated SQL Injection Detection
  • Web Site Crawling (guaranteed not to crawl sites other than the one being tested)
  • Login form brute forcing
  • Automated overflow detection
  • Automated directory traversal detection

In addition to automated analysis, SPIKE proXy allows the user to analyse the internals of the web application by viewing and changing all variables, cookies, headers, or other parts of the request and resubmit them. Also, a single installation can be shared by multiple users.

There are three methods to install spikeproxy on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install spikeproxy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spikeproxy

Install spikeproxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install spikeproxy

Install spikeproxy 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 spikeproxy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spikeproxy

How To Uninstall spikeproxy on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove spikeproxy

Uninstall spikeproxy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall spikeproxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spikeproxy

Remove spikeproxy Configurations and Data

To remove spikeproxy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge spikeproxy

Remove spikeproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spikeproxy

Dependencies

spikeproxy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install spikeproxy package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.