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使用 Homebrew, apt, MacPorts 安装 lft

查看 lft 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

安装

其他安装命令

macOS

Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install lft

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install lft

MacPorts ports tree · net/lft/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com

Linux

Debian apt已验证 · 92%
sudo apt install lft

Debian stable package indexes · lft · 来源: deb.debian.org

概览

软件包摘要

Layer Four Traceroute (LFT), an advanced traceroute tool

命令和别名

  • lft
  • whob

历史

项目历史与用法

LFT, Layer Four Traceroute, is a network diagnostic tool that extends traceroute-style path discovery with TCP, UDP, ICMP, AS lookup, netblock lookup, and firewall-aware heuristics. It is packaged together with WhoB, a whois-oriented companion tool for routed IP address context.

项目历史

The official LFT page says LFT was first released publicly in 1998 under the name FFT. Its distinguishing idea was tracing with transport-layer probes, including TCP SYN or FIN probes to arbitrary services, instead of relying only on the classic UDP probe pattern associated with traditional traceroute.

The project has continued as an operational networking tool rather than a large hosted source-code community. The 3.95, 3.96, and 3.97 changelog entries document modernization work such as getaddrinfo/getnameinfo migration, asynchronous DNS through c-ares, Path MTU discovery, ncurses watch mode, and ECMP-stable tracing.

采用历史

LFT's adoption is strongest among network engineers, reverse engineers, and operators who need route visibility across firewalls, ECMP paths, or protocol-specific forwarding behavior. Packaging in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and MacPorts makes it available in the same toolbox as traceroute, mtr, tcpdump, and whois.

使用方式

Users run `lft` to trace a path with TCP, UDP, ICMP, or RFC 1393 style probes, then use options for AS numbers, netblock names, verbose packet interpretation, or newer visual/statistical output. The bundled `whob` client provides quick origin-ASN and registry context for IP addresses.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

LFT is a classic small networking package: specialized, privilege-sensitive, and valuable when the default platform traceroute does not model the path a service actually takes. Its continued packaging matters because it preserves a 1990s diagnostic idea that remains relevant on filtered and load-balanced networks.

时间线

  • 1998: The tool was released publicly under the name FFT, according to the official authors' note.
  • Version 2.5: Recent releases at that point included WhoB as a standalone client in the LFT binary directory.
  • 2026-03: LFT 3.95 modernized resolver APIs and added asynchronous DNS.
  • 2026: LFT 3.96 added active Path MTU Discovery and richer per-hop statistics.
  • 2026-04: LFT 3.98 was announced with build-system fixes for Linux packaging and autoconf.

Related projects

  • LFT is related to traceroute, tcpdump/libpcap, whois clients, Prefix WhoIs, RIPE NCC and Team Cymru ASN lookups, mtr, and other operator-focused path diagnosis tools.

安全态势

风险级别:绿色

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

风险分类器

绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance

原因

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

信号

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

安装行为

  • 未记录 Homebrew bottle 元数据。

建议审查

在无人值守的代理使用前,请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。

可执行文件

已安装的可执行文件

命令类型暴露范围备注
lft可执行文件已索引可执行文件从本地可执行文件索引发现。
whob可执行文件已索引可执行文件从本地可执行文件索引发现。

新鲜度

版本和新鲜度

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页面生成时间2026-08-03
管理器版本3.99
管理器更新时间2026-07-20
本地数据未知
上游不可用
检测到的最新版本未检测到
  • OK没有生成新鲜度警告。

安装元数据

软件包元数据

软件包键brew:lft
版本3.99
软件包管理器Homebrew
主页https://pwhois.org/lft/
最后更新2026-07-20T15:27:15Z
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Bottle未记录
服务未声明

源数据库匹配

其他软件包管理器记录

匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引,并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。

Debian apt95%

lft 3.91-2

layer-four traceroute

https://pwhois.org/lft/

sudo apt install lft
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式:Lft
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: lft from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

lft 3.91-1build2

layer-four traceroute

http://pwhois.org/lft/

sudo apt install lft
  • Section: universe/net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式:Lft
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lft from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
MacPorts95%

lft

sudo port install lft
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式:Lft
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/lft/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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