How To Install dsniff on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dsniff on Ubuntu.
What is dsniff
dsniff is:
This package contains several tools to listen to and create network traffic:
- arpspoof - Send out unrequested (and possibly forged) arp replies.
- dnsspoof - forge replies to arbitrary DNS address / pointer queries on the Local Area Network.
- dsniff - password sniffer for several protocols.
- filesnarf - saves selected files sniffed from NFS traffic.
- macof - flood the local network with random MAC addresses.
- mailsnarf - sniffs mail on the LAN and stores it in mbox format.
- msgsnarf - record selected messages from different Instant Messengers.
- sshmitm - SSH monkey-in-the-middle. proxies and sniffs SSH traffic.
- sshow - SSH traffic analyser.
- tcpkill - kills specified in-progress TCP connections.
- tcpnice - slow down specified TCP connections via “active” traffic shaping.
- urlsnarf - output selected URLs sniffed from HTTP traffic in CLF.
- webmitm - HTTP / HTTPS monkey-in-the-middle. transparently proxies.
- webspy - sends URLs sniffed from a client to your local browser (requires libx11-6 installed).
Please do not abuse this software.
There are three methods to install dsniff on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dsniff Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dsniff using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dsniff
Install dsniff Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dsniff using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dsniff
Install dsniff 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 dsniff using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dsniff
How To Uninstall dsniff on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the dsniff package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dsniff
Uninstall dsniff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dsniff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dsniff
Remove dsniff Configurations and Data
To remove dsniff configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dsniff
Remove dsniff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dsniff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dsniff
Dependencies
dsniff have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dsniff package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.