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Install pktanon with Homebrew, apt

Packet trace anonymization. Version 1.4.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pktanon.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install pktanon

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install pktanon

Debian stable package indexes · pktanon · source: deb.debian.org

overview

Package summary

Packet trace anonymization

Commands and aliases

  • pktanon

history

Project history and usage

PktAnon is a KIT Institute of Telematics tool for anonymizing packet traces using configurable XML anonymization profiles.

Project history

The official site shows development releases from 1.2.0-dev in March 2008 through 1.4.0-dev in September 2011, with the manual completed in June 2008.

Adoption history

Official news notes FreeBSD ports availability in March 2009, while the input package facts show later packaging in Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu.

How it is used

PktAnon is run as a command-line tool with a single profile filename argument; the manual describes XML profiles that specify input/output flow, checksum behavior, and protocol-field anonymization mappings.

Why package nerds care

PktAnon is interesting to package maintainers because it is a small research-oriented networking utility with Boost and Xerces dependencies, profile examples, and distribution-era portability notes for Linux, Windows, and FreeBSD.

Timeline

  • 2008: PktAnon 1.2.0-dev released.
  • 2008: Manual completed with extension documentation.
  • 2009: FreeBSD ports availability announced.
  • 2011: PktAnon 1.4.0-dev released with VLAN tag support.

Related projects

  • The manual references tcpdump traces, CryptoPan-style prefix-preserving anonymization, Boost, and Xerces-C.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
pktanonexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.4.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:pktanon
Version1.4.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://www.tm.kit.edu/software/pktanon/index.html
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

pktanon 2~git20160407.0.2bde4f2+dfsg-12+b1

profile-based traffic anonymizer

https://github.com/KIT-Telematics/pktanon

sudo apt install pktanon
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: pktanon
  • 6 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pktanon
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: pktanon from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

pktanon 2~git20160407.0.2bde4f2+dfsg-12build2

profile-based traffic anonymizer

https://github.com/KIT-Telematics/pktanon

sudo apt install pktanon
  • Section: universe/net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pktanon
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pktanon from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • pkg.so package database
  • pkgdb category and tag curation