Knot is a high-performance DNS server that is designed to be efficient and flexible. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Knot on Kali Linux Latest.
Before you begin, make sure that you have:
The first step is to update and upgrade your Kali Linux system. Open a terminal and run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Knot requires a few dependencies to be installed on your system. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libkrb5-dev bison flex pkg-config libtool automake libatomic-ops-dev
Next, download the Knot source code from the official website. You can either download the latest stable release or the development version. In this tutorial, we will use the latest stable release.
wget https://secure.nic.cz/files/knot-dns/knot-3.0.4.tar.xz
After the Knot source code has been downloaded, extract the files using the following command:
tar -xf knot-3.0.4.tar.xz
Once the files are extracted, navigate to the extracted directory and run the following commands to build and install Knot:
cd knot-3.0.4
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/knot
make
sudo make install
To verify that Knot has been installed successfully, run the following command:
knotd -v
This should display the version number of Knot that you have installed.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Knot on Kali Linux Latest. You can now use Knot to serve DNS requests on your system.
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