How to Install and Uninstall portsentry Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "portsentry" package

Please follow the guidance below to install portsentry on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall portsentry on Kali Linux:


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

Package: portsentry
Source: portsentry (1.2-14)
Version: 1.2-14+b1
Installed-Size: 175
Maintainer: Dario Minnucci
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 1.2.9) | debconf-2.0, net-tools, procps, libfile-temp-perl
Recommends: tcpd
Suggests: logcheck
Size: 70976
SHA256: b99f3709a4894d8f3340ef03dfddcf3946cebcf1a931219e6bf2ef32c9d27b7a
SHA1: 96a61ec153db840cd270518b464953d6be166d3c
MD5sum: cddab7d92dda7d81ab8f243ed71b591c
Description: Portscan detection daemon
PortSentry has the ability to detect portscans(including stealth scans) on
the network interfaces of your machine. Upon alarm it can block the
attacker via hosts.deny, dropped route or firewall rule. It is part of the
Abacus program suite.
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Note: If you have no idea what a port/stealth scan is, It's recommended to
have a look at http://sf.net/projects/sentrytools/ before installing this
package. Otherwise you might easily block hosts you'd better not (e.g. your
NFS-server, name-server, etc.).
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://sentrytools.sourceforge.net/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, network::server, network::service,
role::program, security::ids, use::monitor
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/portsentry/portsentry_1.2-14+b1_amd64.deb