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Netcat 1.10
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Netcat is a simple Unix utility which reads and writes data ====v====
across network connections, using TCP or UDP protocol. \ W /
It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can | | _
be used directly or easily driven by other programs and / ___ \ /
scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network / / \ \ |
debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost (((-----)))-'
any kind of connection you would need and has several /
interesting built-in capabilities. Netcat, or "nc" as the ( ___
actual program is named, should have been supplied long ago \__.=|___E
as another one of those cryptic but standard Unix tools. /
Netcat 1.10 (community-edition)
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Netcat is a simple Unix utility which reads and writes data ====v====
across network connections, using TCP or UDP protocol. \ W /
It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can | | _
be used directly or easily driven by other programs and / ___ \ /
scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network / / \ \ |
debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost (((-----)))-'
any kind of connection you would need and has several /
interesting built-in capabilities. Netcat, or "nc" as the ( ___
actual program is named, should have been supplied long ago \__.=|___E
as another one of those cryptic but standard Unix tools. /
In the simplest usage, "nc host port" creates a TCP connection to the given
port on the given target host. Your standard input is then sent to the host,
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responsibility for how anyone uses it. If netcat makes you rich somehow and
you're feeling generous, mail me a check. If you are affiliated in any way
with Microsoft Network, get a life. Always ski in control. Comments,
questions, and patches to hobbit@avian.org.
questions, and patches to nc110-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.
Community Editions
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These updates are targetted at just fixing bugs and updating code to build on
modern platforms. In other words, we're here to just keep the code from
bitrotting completely, not rewrite everything :).
Our homepage is: http://nc110.sourceforge.net/
Building
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