Information about the package, netsed, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The netsed package is designed for, A tool to modify network packets.
Package Name:
netsed
Summary:
A tool to modify network packets
Description:
NetSED is small and handful utility designed to alter the contents of packets forwarded through your network in real time. It is really useful for network hackers in following applications: * black-box protocol auditing - whenever there are two or more proprietary boxes communicating over undocumented protocol (by enforcing changes in ongoing transmissions, you will be able to test if tested application is secure), * fuzz-alike experiments, integrity tests - whenever you want to test stability of the application and see how it ensures data integrity, * other common applications - fooling other people, content filtering, etc - choose whatever you want to.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2
Release:
4.el6
Size:
369 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the netsed package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install netsed
This command will install netsed on the server.
yum remove netsed
This command will un-install netsed on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove netsed, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove netsed
This command will un-install netsed on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove netsed when using the -y flag.
yum update netsed
This command will update netsed to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove netsed, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update netsed
This command will update netsed to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove netsed when using the -y flag.
yum info netsed
This command will show you core information about the netsed package.
yum deplist netsed
This command will show you the dependencies for netsed. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update netsed
This command will check if there is an update waiting on netsed. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.