Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install suricata on Kali Linux.
What is suricata
suricata is:
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System (IDS). It is based on
rules (and is fully compatible with snort rules) to detect a variety of
attacks / probes by searching packet content.
It can also be used as Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), and as higher layer
firewall.
This new Engine supports Multi-Threading, Automatic Protocol Detection
(IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, HTTP, TLS, FTP and SMB), Gzip Decompression, Fast
IP Matching and coming soon hardware acceleration on CUDA and OpenCL GPU
cards.
This version has inline (NFQUEUE) support enabled.
There are three methods to install suricata 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 suricata Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install suricata using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install suricata
Install suricata Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install suricata using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install suricataInstall suricata 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 update
After updating apt database, We can install suricata using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install suricataHow To Uninstall suricata on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the suricata package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove suricataUninstall suricata And Its Dependencies
To uninstall suricata and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove suricataRemove suricata Configurations and Data
To remove suricata configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge suricataRemove suricata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove suricata configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge suricataDependencies
suricata have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install suricata package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
