General Utilities

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REMnux Installer

Install and update the REMnux distro.

Website: https://github.com/REMnux/distro/blob/master/files/remnux-installer.sh Author: Lenny Zeltser License: Public Domain Notes: This is a wrapper around the Cast installer that the script uses behind the scenes. To run the tool on REMnux, type remnux State File: remnux.tools.remnux-installer

myip

Determine the IP address of the default network interface.

Website: https://github.com/REMnux/distro/blob/master/files/myip Author: Lenny Zeltser, with input from the community License: Public Domain State File: remnux.scripts.myip

texteditor.py

Edit text files from the command line using search-and-replace commands.

Website: https://blog.didierstevens.com/2021/07/05/new-tool-texteditor-py/ Author: Didier Stevens: https://x.com/DidierStevens License: Public Domain State File: remnux.scripts.texteditor

sortcanon.py

Sort text files using canonicalization functions built into this tool.

Website: https://blog.didierstevens.com/2022/06/18/new-tool-sortcanon-py/ Author: Didier Stevens: https://x.com/DidierStevens License: Public Domain State File: remnux.scripts.sortcanon

OpenSSH

Initiate and receive SSH and SFTP connections.

Website: https://www.openssh.com Author: https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/master/CREDITS License: BSD licence: https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/master/LICENCE Notes: sftp, ssh, sshd <start|stop|status>, etc. State File: remnux.packages.openssh

7-Zip

Compress and decompress files using a variety of algorithms.

Website: https://www.7-zip.org Author: Igor Pavlov License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Notes: 7-Zip standard: 7z, 7za, 7zr. For latest alpha version, use 7zz instead of 7z. State File: remnux.packages.7zip

Firefox

Web browser.

Website: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/ Author: Mozilla Corporation License: Mozilla Public License (MPL): https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/#source-code Notes: firefox State File: remnux.packages.firefox

Info-ZIP

Compress and decompress files using the zip algorithm.

Website: http://infozip.sourceforge.net Author: Ed Gordon, Mark Adler, Jean-loup Gailly, David Kirschbaum, Rich Wales, etc. License: Free, custom license Notes: zip, unzip State File: remnux.packages.unzip

cabextract

Extract Microsoft cabinet (cab) files.

Website: https://www.cabextract.org.uk Author: https://www.cabextract.org.uk/#credits License: GNU General Public License (GPL) State File: remnux.packages.cabextract

nasm

An x86-64 assembler.

Website: https://www.nasm.us Author: H. Peter Anvin, Cyrill Gorcunov, Chang Seok Bae, Jim Kukunas, Frank B. Kotler, etc.: https://github.com/netwide-assembler/nasm/blob/master/AUTHORS License: BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License: https://github.com/netwide-assembler/nasm/blob/master/LICENSE State File: remnux.packages.nasm

SQLite

Manage and interact with SQL database files.

Website: http://www.sqlite.org Author: D. Richard Hipp, Dan Kennedy, Joe Mistachkin: https://www.sqlite.org/crew.html License: Public Domain: https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html Notes: sqlite3 State File: remnux.packages.sqlite

unrar-free

Decompress files using a variety of algorithms.

Website: https://www.rarlab.com Author: Ben Asselstine, Eugene Roshal, Christian Scheurer, Johannes Winkelmann License: GNU General Public License (GPL) v2+ Notes: unrar State File: remnux.packages.unrar

RAR

Compress and decompress files using a variety of algorithms.

Website: https://www.rarlab.com Author: Alexander Roshal License: Shareware: "Anyone may use this software during a test period of 40 days. Following this test period of 40 days or less, if you wish to continue to use RAR, you must purchase a license." For details, see https://www.rarlab.com/license.htm. Notes: rar State File: remnux.packages.rar

Docker

Run and manage containers.

Website: https://www.docker.com Author: Docker Inc. License: Apache License 2.0: https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/master/LICENSE State File: remnux.packages.docker

Nautilus

Graphical file manager.

Website: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus Author: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams License: GNU General Public License (GPL) v3: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/blob/master/LICENSE State File: remnux.packages.nautilus

Wine

Run Windows applications.

Website: https://www.winehq.org Author: https://wiki.winehq.org/Acknowledgements License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) v2.1 or later: https://wiki.winehq.org/Licensing Notes: wine State File: remnux.packages.wine

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

IBus

Adjust input methods for the GUI.

Website: https://github.com/ibus/ibus Author: Peng Huang, Takao Fujiwara License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) v2.1: https://github.com/ibus/ibus/blob/master/COPYING Notes: ibus-setup State File: remnux.packages.ibus

GNOME Calculator

Calculator.

Website: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Calculator Author: https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-calculator/graphs/contributors License: GNU General Public License (GPL) v3: https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-calculator/blob/mainline/COPYING Notes: galculator State File: remnux.packages.galculator

myjson-filter.py

Filter data formatted using the JSON format used by Didier Stevens' tools.

Website: https://blog.didierstevens.com/2022/04/09/new-tool-myjson-filter-py/ Author: Didier Stevens: https://x.com/DidierStevens License: Public Domain State File: remnux.scripts.myjson-filter

PowerShell Core

Run PowerShell scripts and commands.

Website: https://github.com/powershell/powershell Author: Microsoft Corporation License: MIT License: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/LICENSE.txt Notes: pwsh State File: remnux.packages.powershell

sshpass

Supply a password to SSH non-interactively for automated logins.

Website: https://sourceforge.net/projects/sshpass/ Author: Shachar Shemesh License: GPLv2: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html Notes: sshpass State File: remnux.packages.sshpass

restrict-egress

Restrict outbound network access to an allowlist of domains and CIDRs using an nftables default-deny egress policy. It installs a persistent, self-refreshing lockdown on a VM or host, or enforces a one-shot lockdown inside a container with the apply command.

Website: https://github.com/REMnux/distro/blob/master/files/restrict-egress Author: Lenny Zeltser: https://x.com/lennyzeltser License: MIT Notes: Not active by default. Define allowed destinations in /etc/restrict-egress.conf, then enable with restrict-egress on (as root) and disable with restrict-egress off before apt or remnux install. In a container (no systemd), use restrict-egress apply and run the container with --cap-add=NET_ADMIN. State File: remnux.scripts.restrict-egress