How to Install and Uninstall photon Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "photon" package

This is a short guide on how to install photon on Kali Linux


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall photon on Kali Linux:


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

Package: photon
Version: 1.3.0-0kali1
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 60
Depends: python3:any, python3-requests, python3-socks, python3-urllib3, python3-tld
Homepage: https://github.com/s0md3v/Photon
Priority: optional
Section: net
Filename: pool/main/p/photon/photon_1.3.0-0kali1_all.deb
Size: 14572
SHA256: de78552657468d75d0bccecc7c9ff242dbc4965dea1d963d2021dcda0766b997
SHA1: f732b6c1eef984072b1d1d872ab2035c66b81214
MD5sum: 541df10724b148e887ff75be73d8db83
Description: Incredibly fast crawler designed for open source intelligence
This package includes a fast and flexible crawler designed for open source
intelligence (OSINT).
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Photon can extract the following data while crawling:
- URLs (in-scope & out-of-scope)
- URLs with parameters (example.com/gallery.php?id=2)
- Intel (emails, social media accounts, amazon buckets etc.)
- Files (pdf, png, xml etc.)
- Secret keys (auth/API keys & hashes)
- JavaScript files & Endpoints present in them
- Strings matching custom regex pattern
- Subdomains & DNS related data
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The extracted information is saved in an organized manner or can be exported
as json.
Description-md5: