How To Install tcpreplay on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tcpreplay

tcpreplay is:

Tcpreplay is aimed at testing the performance of a NIDS by replaying real background network traffic in which to hide attacks. Tcpreplay allows you to control the speed at which the traffic is replayed, and can replay arbitrary tcpdump traces. Unlike programmatically-generated artificial traffic which doesn’t exercise the application/protocol inspection that a NIDS performs, and doesn’t reproduce the real-world anomalies that appear on production networks (asymmetric routes, traffic bursts/lulls, fragmentation, retransmissions, etc.), tcpreplay allows for exact replication of real traffic seen on real networks. It included the following executables tcpprep, tcprewrite, tcpreplay-edit, tcpbridge and pcap based captures are possible.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tcpreplay

Install tcpreplay Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tcpreplay

Install tcpreplay 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 tcpreplay using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tcpreplay

How To Uninstall tcpreplay on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tcpreplay

Uninstall tcpreplay And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcpreplay

Remove tcpreplay Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tcpreplay

Remove tcpreplay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcpreplay

Dependencies

tcpreplay have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcap0.8

References

• tcpreplay website

Summary

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