How To Install tlssled on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tlssled

tlssled is:

TLSSLed is a Linux shell script whose purpose is to evaluate the security of a target SSL/TLS (HTTPS) web server implementation. It is based on sslscan, a thorough SSL/TLS scanner that is based on the openssl library, and on the “openssl s_client” command line tool. The current tests include checking if the target supports the SSLv2 protocol, the NULL cipher, weak ciphers based on their key length (40 or 56 bits), the availability of strong ciphers (like AES), if the digital certificate is MD5 signed, and the current SSL/TLS renegotiation capabilities.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tlssled

Install tlssled Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tlssled

Install tlssled 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 tlssled using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tlssled

How To Uninstall tlssled on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tlssled

Uninstall tlssled And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tlssled

Remove tlssled Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tlssled

Remove tlssled configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tlssled

Dependencies

tlssled have the following dependencies:

• sslscan
• openssl

References

• tlssled website

Summary

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