How To Install thc-ssl-dos on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install thc-ssl-dos on Kali Linux. thc-ssl-dos is Stress tester for the SSL handshake

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install thc-ssl-dos on Kali Linux.

What is thc-ssl-dos

thc-ssl-dos is:

THC-SSL-DOS is a tool to verify the performance of SSL.

Establishing a secure SSL connection requires 15x more processing power on the server than on the client.

THC-SSL-DOS exploits this asymmetric property by overloading the server and knocking it off the Internet.

This problem affects all SSL implementations today. The vendors are aware of this problem since 2003 and the topic has been widely discussed.

This attack further exploits the SSL secure Renegotiation feature to trigger thousands of renegotiations via single TCP connection.

There are three methods to install thc-ssl-dos 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 thc-ssl-dos Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install thc-ssl-dos

Install thc-ssl-dos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install thc-ssl-dos using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install thc-ssl-dos

Install thc-ssl-dos 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 thc-ssl-dos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install thc-ssl-dos

How To Uninstall thc-ssl-dos on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the thc-ssl-dos package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove thc-ssl-dos

Uninstall thc-ssl-dos And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove thc-ssl-dos

Remove thc-ssl-dos Configurations and Data

To remove thc-ssl-dos configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge thc-ssl-dos

Remove thc-ssl-dos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove thc-ssl-dos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thc-ssl-dos

Dependencies

thc-ssl-dos have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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