How to Install and Uninstall wafw00f Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "wafw00f" package

Learn how to install wafw00f on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                wafw00f
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "wafw00f" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall wafw00f on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                wafw00f
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wafw00f package on Kali Linux

Package: wafw00f
Version: 2.2.0-1
Installed-Size: 240
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: all
Depends: python3-pluginbase, python3-requests, python3:any
Size: 36920
SHA256: 8f4b1423251872696282a187ecf427274bd63e709c4cb06d849be9ed630556c4
SHA1: 39d549ac1a79376637d0f0b010f9498385ca1f21
MD5sum: 97f30bf89890e9d396c393262610e554
Description: identify and fingerprint Web Application Firewall products
This package identifies and fingerprints Web Application Firewall (WAF)
products using the following logic:
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- Sends a _normal_ HTTP request and analyses the response; this identifies a
number of WAF solutions.
- If that is not successful, it sends a number of (potentially malicious)
HTTP requests and uses simple logic to deduce which WAF it is.
- If that is also not successful, it analyses the responses previously
returned and uses another simple algorithm to guess if a WAF or security
solution is actively responding to the attacks.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/sandrogauci/wafw00f
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wafw00f/wafw00f_2.2.0-1_all.deb