Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition

Installing and updating Nikto on Linux

Nikto is in the EPEL repository for Red Hat/CentOS 7, while it's in the normal repository for Ubuntu (we're still waiting for it to show up in EPEL 8). Along with the Nikto package itself, you'll also want to install a servers that have been set up with SSL/TLS encryption.

To install on Red Hat/CentOS, use the following command:

sudo yum install nikto perl-Net-SSLeay

To install on Ubuntu, use the following command:

sudo apt install nikto libnet-ssleay-perl

The next thing you'll want to do is update the database of vulnerability signatures. However, at the time of writing, there's a slight bug in the Red Hat/CentOS implementation. For some reason, the docs directory is missing, which means that the update ...