Netcat
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netcat (often abbreviated to nc) is a computer networking utility for reading from and writing to network connections using TCP or UDP. The command is designed to be a dependable back-end 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 investigation tool, since it can produce almost any kind of connection its user could need and has a number of built-in capabilities.
Key facts
- Software.name
- netcat
- Software.screenshot
- frameless
- Software.caption
- The command
- Software.author
- Hobbit*
- Software.developer
- Avian Research
- Software.latest_release_version
- 1.10
- Software.operating_system
- Unix and Unix-like, DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows CE
- Software.genre
- Network utility
- Software.license
- Original version: custom, permissive licenseGNU version: GPLOpenBSD version: BSD
- Software.discontinued
- yes
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Features
- Ports and reimplementations
- ncat
- See also
- References
- External links
netcat (often abbreviated to nc) is a computer networking utility for reading from and writing to network connections using TCP or UDP. The command is designed to be a dependable back-end 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 investigation tool, since it can produce almost any kind of connection its user could need and has a number of built-in capabilities.
It is able to perform port scanning, file transferring and port listening.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Netcat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.