Installation
Installing SSH-MITM is the first step to leveraging its capabilities for your technical projects. This guide will provide you with the information and resources you need to get SSH-MITM up and running on your system.
SSH-MITM offers flexible and convenient installation options, including pre-built packages
and package managers such as Flatpak
, snap
, pip
, pipenv
, AppImage
or Nixpkgs
.
These options provide a simple and efficient way for users to get SSH-MITM installed and ready to use for various purposes such as malware analysis, forensics, security audits, and more.
Official distributions
Official distributions of SSH-MITM represent the most recent and up-to-date versions of the software, directly maintained and approved by the SSH-MITM developers. These are the releases that see regular updates, ensuring users have access to the latest features, security patches, and improvements.
Flatpak
Install SSH-MITM as Flatpak from Flathub:
# install Flatpak
$ flatpak install flathub at.ssh_mitm.server
# run SSH-MITM from Flatpak
$ flatpak run at.ssh_mitm.server
snap
If you use snap
, you can install it with:
$ sudo snap install ssh-mitm
AppImage
If you use the AppImage
, you can install it as:
$ wget https://github.com/ssh-mitm/ssh-mitm/releases/latest/download/ssh-mitm-x86_64.AppImage
$ chmod +x ssh-mitm*.AppImage
pip
If you use pip
, you can install it with:
$ python3 -m pip install ssh-mitm
If you are using a macOS version that comes with Python 2,
run pip3
instead of pip
.
If installing using python3 -m pip install --user
, you must add the user-level bin
directory
to your PATH environment variable in order to launch ssh-mitm
.
If you are using a Unix derivative (FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, macOS),
you can do this by running export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
.
pipenv
If you use pipenv
, you can install it as:
$ pipenv install ssh-mitm
$ pipenv shell
When using pipenv
, in order to launch ssh-mitm
,
you must activate the project’s virtualenv.
For example, in the directory where pipenv
’s Pipfile
and Pipfile.lock
live (i.e., where you ran the above commands):
$ pipenv shell
$ ssh-mitm server
Alternatively, you can run ssh-mitm server
inside the virtualenv with
$ pipenv run ssh-mitm server
Community supported distributions
Community supported distributions of SSH-MITM, while immensely valuable, might not always be as current as the official ones. These versions are maintained by the broader community and can sometimes lag behind in incorporating the latest updates. They might offer unique configurations or adaptations tailored to specific needs, but there could be a trade-off in terms of having the most recent enhancements.
Nixpkgs
For Nix or NixOS is a package
available. The lastest release is usually present in the unstable
channel.
$ nix-env -iA nixos.ssh-mitm
Installation problems
If your computer is behind corporate proxy or firewall, you may encounter HTTP and SSL errors due to the proxy or firewall blocking connections to widely-used servers. For example, you might see this error if pip cannot connect to its own repositories:
Here are some widely-used sites that host packages in the Python open-source ecosystems. Your network administrator may be able to allow http and https connections to these domains:
pypi.org
pythonhosted.org
github.com
Alternatively, you can specify a proxy user (usually a domain user with password),
that is allowed to communicate via network. This can be easily achieved
by setting two common environment variables: HTTP_PROXY
and HTTPS_PROXY
.
These variables are automatically used by many open-source tools (like pip
) if set correctly.
# For Linux / MacOS
export HTTP_PROXY=http://USER:PWD@proxy.company.com:PORT
export HTTPS_PROXY=https://USER:PWD@proxy.company.com:PORT
In case you can communicate via HTTP, but installation with pip
fails
on connectivity problems to HTTPS servers, you can disable using SSL for pip
.
Warning
Disabling SSL in communication is generally not recommended and involves potential security risks.
The approach here is to mark repository servers as trusted hosts, which means SSL communication will not be required for downloading Python libraries.
# Install ssh-mitm (without SSL)
$ python3 -m pip install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org ssh-mitm
Using the tips from above, you can handle many network problems related to installing Python libraries.