From 7ed164285cc3429f404f9097e80506f59110188a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Frysinger Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:06:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] document our role --- README | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 4235bc4..42203fb 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -Netcat 1.10 -=========== /\_/\ - / 0 0 \ -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) +=============================== /\_/\ + / 0 0 \ +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, @@ -79,7 +79,16 @@ No GPLs, Berkeley copyrights or any of that nonsense. The author assumes NO 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 +================== + +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 ========