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

Project links

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.

Sources

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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`pktanon`	cli	global executable

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 generated2026-07-08

manager version1.4.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://www.tm.kit.edu/software/pktanon/index.html

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.tm.kit.edu/software/pktanon/index.htmlnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:pktanon
Version	1.4.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pktanon
Homepage	https://www.tm.kit.edu/software/pktanon/index.html
Upstream docs	https://www.tm.kit.edu/software/pktanon/documentation/index.html
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Source archive	https://www.tm.kit.edu/software/pktanon/download/pktanon-1.4.0-dev.tar.gz
Dependencies	xerces-c
Build dependencies	boost
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	pktanon
Version Scheme	0
Revision	5
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/pktanon.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install pktanon with Homebrew, apt