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c-oreills on April 2, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Netcat – The swiss army knife of networking

See also ncat - netcat for the 21st century: http://nmap.org/ncat/

0xbadcafebee on April 2, 2013 [–]

This is what everyone should be using instead of 'nc'. SSL, SCTP, IPv6, proxying, hex dump, keep open, waits, and more.

I wouldn't call 'socat' a swiss army knife. More like a tool shed. But it is very handy at times.

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