How To Install inetsim on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install inetsim on Kali Linux. inetsim is Software suite for simulating common internet services

Introduction

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

What is inetsim

inetsim is:

INetSim is a software suite for simulating common internet services in a lab environment, e.g. for analyzing the network behaviour of unknown malware samples.

INetSim supports simulation of the following services: HTTP, SMTP, POP3, DNS, FTP, NTP, TFTP, IRC, Ident, Finger, Syslog, ‘Small servers’ (Daytime, Time, Echo, Chargen, Discard, Quotd)

Additional features:

  • Faketime
  • Connection redirection
  • Detailed logging and reports
  • TLS/SSL support for several services

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install inetsim

Install inetsim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install inetsim

Install inetsim 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 inetsim using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install inetsim

How To Uninstall inetsim on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove inetsim

Uninstall inetsim And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove inetsim

Remove inetsim Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge inetsim

Remove inetsim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inetsim

Dependencies

inetsim have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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