How To Install tinyhoneypot on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyhoneypot on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tinyhoneypot
tinyhoneypot is:
Small honeypot provides an environment which can be used to lure attackers into it. It provides sample responses that simulate a set of services (http, pop3, ftp, ssh, mssql and shell) and logs all the connections to these services for later auditing.
There are three methods to install tinyhoneypot on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tinyhoneypot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tinyhoneypot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tinyhoneypot
Install tinyhoneypot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tinyhoneypot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tinyhoneypot
Install tinyhoneypot 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install tinyhoneypot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tinyhoneypot
How To Uninstall tinyhoneypot on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tinyhoneypot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tinyhoneypot
Uninstall tinyhoneypot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tinyhoneypot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tinyhoneypot
Remove tinyhoneypot Configurations and Data
To remove tinyhoneypot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tinyhoneypot
Remove tinyhoneypot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tinyhoneypot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tinyhoneypot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyhoneypot package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
