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kippo

A medium interaction SSH honeypot designed to log brute force attacks and most importantly, the entire shell interaction

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Platforms: Linux · Last verified September 6, 2026

A medium interaction SSH honeypot designed to log brute force attacks and most importantly, the entire shell interaction by the attacker.

Only use this tool against systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test — see the disclaimer.

Getting started

Install on BlackArch with `pacman -S kippo` (or add the BlackArch repository to an existing Arch Linux install). See the official BlackArch tool listing and upstream homepage linked above for details.

Commonly preinstalled on

BlackArch

Arch Linux-based distribution with one of the largest pentest tool repositories