Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-websockify on Kali Linux.
What is python3-websockify
python3-websockify is:
websockify was formerly named wsproxy and was part of the noVNC project.
At the most basic level, websockify just translates WebSockets traffic to
normal socket traffic. Websockify accepts the WebSockets handshake, parses it,
and then begins forwarding traffic between the client and the target in both
directions.
Websockify supports all versions of the WebSockets protocol (Hixie and HyBi).
The older Hixie versions of the protocol only support UTF-8 text payloads. In
order to transport binary data over UTF-8 an encoding must used to encapsulate
the data within UTF-8.
With Hixie clients, Websockify uses base64 to encode all traffic to and from
the client. This does not affect the data between websockify and the server.
With HyBi clients, websockify negotiates whether to base64 encode traffic to
and from the client via the subprotocol header (Sec-WebSocket-Protocol). The
valid subprotocol values are ‘binary’ and ‘base64’ and if the client sends
both then the server (the Python implementation) will prefer ‘binary’. The
‘binary’ subprotocol indicates that the data will be sent raw using binary
WebSocket frames. Some HyBi clients (such as the Flash fallback and older
Chrome and iOS versions) do not support binary data which is why the
negotiation is necessary.
This package provides the Python 3 module.
There are three methods to install python3-websockify on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-websockify Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-websockify using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-websockifyInstall python3-websockify Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-websockify using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-websockifyInstall python3-websockify Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-websockify using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-websockify
How To Uninstall python3-websockify on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-websockify package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-websockify
Uninstall python3-websockify And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-websockify and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-websockify
Remove python3-websockify Configurations and Data
To remove python3-websockify configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-websockify
Remove python3-websockify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-websockify configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-websockify
Dependencies
python3-websockify have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-websockify package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
