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penelope 0.21.0-1

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Descriptionadvanced shell handler for penetration testing and CTFs

Penelope is a modern shell handler designed for penetration testers and CTF players. It provides a highly capable alternative to basic netcat listeners, streamlining reverse and bind shell management during post-exploitation.

It operates entirely using the Python standard library, requiring no external dependencies.

Key features include: * Automatic PTY upgrades for fully interactive terminal sessions. * Multi-session management to control multiple targets simultaneously. * Native session logging and interaction tracking. * Seamless file transfer capabilities between host and target. * Helper modules for local privilege escalation and enumeration.

MaintainerDebian Security Tools <team+pkg-security@tracker.debian.org>
Changed ByDavid da Silva Polverari <polverari@debian.org>
Sponsorpolverari@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureall
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-security-team/penelope.git (browse)
Closes#1140825
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/penelope
Uploaded2 hours ago

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Distributionunstable
DateMon, 03 Aug 2026 23:14:14 +0000
Sourcepenelope
Version0.21.0-1
Changed-ByDavid da Silva Polverari
Architecturesource all
Changelog
penelope (0.21.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Initial release in Debian. (Closes: #1140825)
   * Provided missing manpage during build-time. Consequently:
       - debian/clean: created to remove manpage generated during build.
       - debian/control: added lowdown to Build-Depends to build manpage from
         Markdown source.
       - debian/manpages: added to install the resulting manpage.
       - debian/penelope.1.md: added as source to provide manpage content.
       - debian/rules: added dh_installman override to build manpage from source.
   * Ran wrap-and-sort.
   * debian/control:
       - Added dh-sequence-single-binary to Build-Depends to explicitly activate
         the single-binary add-on, in preparation for impending v15 compatibility
         level changes.
       - Bumped DH level to 14.
       - Rewrote short and long descriptions.
       - Replaced dh-python with dh-sequence-python3 to simplify dh invocation on
         debian/rules.
       - Set Debian Security Tools Packaging Team as maintainer.
       - Set myself as uploader.
       - Updated Vcs-* fields with Debian Security Tools Team namespace.
       - Updated Section field value to 'net'.
   * debian/copyright:
       - Added Upstream-Contact field.
       - Changed packaging license from GPL-3 to GPL-3+ to match upstream.
       - Fixed License field on upstream File stanza.
       - Fixed upstream copyright information.
       - Updated license text to match corresponding Files stanzas.
       - Updated packaging copyright information.
   * debian/gbp.conf: modified to conform to DEP-14 and team's GBP configuration.
   * debian/kali-ci.yml: removed, as it contained Kali-specific Gitlab CI config
     not applicable to Debian.
   * debian/lintian-overrides: added to override false positive lintian.
   * debian/rules: removed redundant '--with python3' argument when using
     dh-sequence-python3.
   * debian/salsa-ci.yml: added to trigger CI tests on Debian Salsa.
   * debian/source/:
       - lintian-overrides: added to silence very-long-line-length-in-source-file
         lintians.
       - options: added to ignore .egg-info changes during source package build.
   * debian/watch: modified to use the more declarative GitHub template.
.dsc
Sectionnet
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listpenelope deb net optional arch=all
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Source: https://github.com/brightio/penelope
Upstream-Name: penelope
Upstream-Contact: brightio <brightio.code@gmail.com>

Files: *
Copyright: 2021-2026 brightio <brightio.code@gmail.com>
License: GPL-3+

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2026 Daniel Ruiz de Alegria <daniruiz@kali.org>
           2026 David da Silva Polverari <polverari@debian.org>
License: GPL-3+

License: GPL-3+
 This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 .
 This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this package. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Comment:
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License version 3 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3".

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