How To Install usbauth on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is usbauth

usbauth is:

It is a firewall against BadUSB attacks. A config file describes in which way USB interfaces would be accepted or denied. To the kernel an interface authorization was developed with this firewall. The firewall sets the authorization mask according to the rules.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install usbauth

Install usbauth Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install usbauth

Install usbauth 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 usbauth using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install usbauth

How To Uninstall usbauth on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove usbauth

Uninstall usbauth And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove usbauth

Remove usbauth Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge usbauth

Remove usbauth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usbauth

Dependencies

usbauth have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdbus-1-3
• libudev1
• libusbauth-configparser1

References

• usbauth website

Summary

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