Step by Step Guide to Install NIKTO on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

NIKTO is a free & open source vulnerability scanner tool. It helps to scan the web servers, outdated server applications and other problems. It performs more than 6700 tests against a website. It is used to test a website, web-server & domain-name for known security vulnerabilities and mis-configurations of files, programs and servers.

There are few steps to install NIKTO on ubuntu:

Step 1: Update the System.

apt-get update

Step 2: Install the NIKTO on system.

apt-get install nikto

• Check the NIKTO version.

nikto

• Here is the command output.

Step 3:  NIKTO Syntax & Examples.

• To scan the web server.

nikto -h  server-ip
or
nikto -host ip_address

• Here is the command output.

• To scan the domain-name.

nikto -h domain-name

• Here is the command output.

• To scan the server with port number.

nikto -h server-ip  -p (port number) 80

• Here is the command output.

• To scan the fully qualified domain-name.

nikto -h http://www.domain.com

• Here is the command output.