# Connecting

## Unfurl

Deconstruct and decode data from a URL.

**Website**: <https://github.com/obsidianforensics/unfurl>\
**Author**: Ryan Benson: <https://x.com/_RyanBenson>\
**License**: Apache License 2.0: <https://github.com/obsidianforensics/unfurl/blob/master/LICENSE>\
**Notes**: For the command-line version of the tool, run `unfurl_cli.py`. For the local browser-based version, run `unfurl_app.py`.\
**State File**: [remnux.python3-packages.unfurl](https://github.com/REMnux/salt-states/blob/master/remnux/python3-packages/unfurl.sls)

## thug

Examine suspicious website using this low-interaction honeyclient.

**Website**: <https://github.com/buffer/thug>\
**Author**: Angelo Dell'Aera\
**License**: GNU General Public License (GPL) v2: <https://github.com/buffer/thug/blob/master/LICENSE.txt>\
**Notes**: thug -F\
**State File**: [remnux.python3-packages.thug](https://github.com/REMnux/salt-states/blob/master/remnux/python3-packages/thug.sls)

## netcat

Read and write data across network connections.

**Website**: <https://nc110.sourceforge.io/>\
**Author**: Hobbit, Mike Frysinger, a3alex, Anatoly Techtonik\
**License**: Public Domain\
**Notes**: nc\
**State File**: [remnux.packages.netcat](https://github.com/REMnux/salt-states/blob/master/remnux/packages/netcat.sls)

## tor

Obfuscate your origins by routing traffic through a network of anonymizing nodes.

**Website**: <https://www.torproject.org>\
**Author**: Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson, Tor Project Inc.\
**License**: 3-Clause BSD license: <https://github.com/torproject/tor/blob/master/LICENSE>\
**State File**: [remnux.packages.tor](https://github.com/REMnux/salt-states/blob/master/remnux/packages/tor.sls)

## Anomy

A wrapper around wget, ssh, sftp, ftp, and telnet to route these connections through Tor to anonymize your traffic.

**Website**: <https://github.com/izm1chael/Anomy>\
**Author**: Mike Johnson: <https://cyber-bytes.co.uk>\
**License**: Free, unknown license\
**Notes**: anomy\
**State File**: [remnux.scripts.anomy](https://github.com/REMnux/salt-states/blob/master/remnux/scripts/anomy.sls)

## EPIC IRC Client

Examine IRC activities with this IRC client.

**Website**: <https://www.epicsol.org/>\
**Author**: Michael Sandroff, Troy Rollo, Matthew Green, Jake Khuon, EPIC Software Labs\
**License**: Free, custom license: <https://www.epicsol.org/copyright>\
**Notes**: epic5\
**State File**: [remnux.packages.epic5](https://github.com/REMnux/salt-states/blob/master/remnux/packages/epic5.sls)

## GNU Wget

Interact with servers via HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and FTPS using this command-line tool.

**Website**: <https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/>\
**Author**: Hrvoje Niksic, Tim Ruhsen, Darshit Shah, Giuseppe Scrivano\
**License**: GNU General Public License (GPL) v3: <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html>\
**Notes**: wget\
**State File**: [remnux.packages.wget](https://github.com/REMnux/salt-states/blob/master/remnux/packages/wget.sls)

## cURL

Interact with servers via supported protocols, including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, IMAP, etc. using this command-line tool.

**Website**: <https://curl.se>\
**Author**: Daniel Stenberg and contributors: <https://curl.se/docs/thanks.html>\
**License**: Free, custom license: <https://curl.se/docs/copyright.html>\
**Notes**: curl\
**State File**: [remnux.packages.curl](https://github.com/REMnux/salt-states/blob/master/remnux/packages/curl.sls)

## zbarimg

Decode QR codes and barcodes from image files.

**Website**: <https://github.com/mchehab/zbar>\
**Author**: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mchehab/>\
**License**: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) v2.1: <https://github.com/mchehab/zbar/blob/master/LICENSE.md>\
**Notes**: zbarimg\
**State File**: [remnux.packages.zbar-tools](https://github.com/REMnux/salt-states/blob/master/remnux/packages/zbar-tools.sls)


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