Information about the package, sslstrip, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sslstrip package is designed for, Tool that provides a demonstration of HTTPS stripping attacks.
Package Name:
sslstrip
Summary:
Tool that provides a demonstration of HTTPS stripping attacks
Description:
Tool that provides a demonstration of HTTPS stripping attacks that were presented at Black Hat DC 2009 by Moxie Marlinspike. It will transparently hijack HTTP traffic on a network, watch for HTTPS links and redirects, then map those links into either look-alike HTTP links or homograph-similar HTTPS links. It also supports modes for supplying a favicon which looks like a lock icon, selective logging, and session denial
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.9
Release:
2.el6
Size:
36 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the sslstrip package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install sslstrip
This command will install sslstrip on the server.
yum remove sslstrip
This command will un-install sslstrip on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sslstrip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove sslstrip
This command will un-install sslstrip 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 sslstrip when using the -y flag.
yum update sslstrip
This command will update sslstrip to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sslstrip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update sslstrip
This command will update sslstrip 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 sslstrip when using the -y flag.
yum info sslstrip
This command will show you core information about the sslstrip package.
yum deplist sslstrip
This command will show you the dependencies for sslstrip. 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 sslstrip
This command will check if there is an update waiting on sslstrip. 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.