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sslscan


Information about the package, sslscan, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sslscan package is designed for, Security assessment tool for SSL.


Package Name:

sslscan

Summary:

Security assessment tool for SSL

Description:

SSLScan queries SSL services, such as HTTPS, in order to determine the ciphers that are supported. SSLScan is designed to be easy, lean and fast. The output includes preferred ciphers of the SSL service, the certificate and is in Text and XML formats.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.10.2

Release:

1.el6

Size:

35 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+ with exceptions



Handy Yum Commands for sslscan


Control the sslscan package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install sslscan

This command will install sslscan on the server.

yum remove sslscan

This command will un-install sslscan on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sslscan, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove sslscan

This command will un-install sslscan 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 sslscan when using the -y flag.

yum update sslscan

This command will update sslscan to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sslscan, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update sslscan

This command will update sslscan 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 sslscan when using the -y flag.

yum info sslscan

This command will show you core information about the sslscan package.

yum deplist sslscan

This command will show you the dependencies for sslscan. 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 sslscan

This command will check if there is an update waiting on sslscan. 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.