How to Install and Uninstall fwsnort Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "fwsnort" package

Please follow the instructions below to install fwsnort on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fwsnort
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fwsnort" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall fwsnort on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fwsnort
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fwsnort package on Kali Linux

Package: fwsnort
Version: 1.6.8-1
Installed-Size: 234
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, iptables, libnetaddr-ip-perl, libiptables-parse-perl, libnet-rawip-perl
Recommends: snort-rules-default
Size: 63896
SHA256: 8153df9ce1bf9e992fc4dc6a17265a1ff2bf0bda6d38caf64eefa5586cabd7fc
SHA1: aaf189a2b1a5f05190703dcdc455f44a8ef25900
MD5sum: cf6802b8c3b4ed76c828b18c0e7549b1
Description: Snort-to-iptables rule translator
Fwsnort translates Snort rules into equivalent iptables rules and
generates a shell script that implements the resulting iptables
commands.
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This allows network traffic that matches Snort signatures to be logged
and/or dropped by iptables directly without putting any interface into
promiscuous mode or queuing packets from kernel to user space.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.cipherdyne.org/fwsnort
Tag: implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, network::firewall,
role::program, security::ids
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fwsnort/fwsnort_1.6.8-1_all.deb