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thc-ipv6


Information about the package, thc-ipv6, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The thc-ipv6 package is designed for, An toolkit for attacking the IPv6 protocol suite.


Package Name:

thc-ipv6

Summary:

An toolkit for attacking the IPv6 protocol suite

Description:

A complete tool set to attack the inherent protocol weaknesses of IPV6 and ICMP6, and includes an easy to use packet factory library.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.5

Release:

2.el6

Size:

455 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

AGPLv3 with exceptions



Handy Yum Commands for thc-ipv6


Control the thc-ipv6 package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install thc-ipv6

This command will install thc-ipv6 on the server.

yum remove thc-ipv6

This command will un-install thc-ipv6 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove thc-ipv6, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove thc-ipv6

This command will un-install thc-ipv6 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 thc-ipv6 when using the -y flag.

yum update thc-ipv6

This command will update thc-ipv6 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove thc-ipv6, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update thc-ipv6

This command will update thc-ipv6 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 thc-ipv6 when using the -y flag.

yum info thc-ipv6

This command will show you core information about the thc-ipv6 package.

yum deplist thc-ipv6

This command will show you the dependencies for thc-ipv6. 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 thc-ipv6

This command will check if there is an update waiting on thc-ipv6. 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.