0003513: unable to update or install using apt-get

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003513	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2016-08-30 23:35	2025-07-14 09:36

Reporter	jdc	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	2016.1

Summary	0003513: unable to update or install using apt-get
Description	I get the following error when trying to update: root@Kali:~# apt-get update Get:1 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease Err:1 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?) Fetched 82.2 kB in 0s (136 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done W: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/dists/kali-rolling/InRelease Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?) E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. root@Kali:~#
Steps To Reproduce	this is a fresh installed of kali linux my sources.list looks as follows: eb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free For source package access, uncomment the following line deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-08-30 23:35	jdc	New Issue
2016-08-31 00:32	jdc	Note Added: 0005713
2016-08-31 06:19	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2016-08-31 06:19	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2016-08-31 06:19	rhertzog	Resolution	open => no change required
2025-07-14 09:36	g0tmi1k	Priority	high => normal

For source package access, uncomment the following line

jdc 2016-08-31 00:32 reporter ~0005713	I have found the issue. It was my firewall. for some reason Checkpoint considers the apt-get as "adds/others" applications and is also part of undesirable applications, I guess it is because of the potential high bandwidth usage.