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diff --git a/netcat.blurb b/netcat.blurb deleted file mode 100644 index 2c540ad..0000000 --- a/netcat.blurb +++ /dev/null @@ -1,61 +0,0 @@ -Netcat 1.10 is an updated release of Netcat, a simple Unix utility which reads -and writes data across network connections using TCP or UDP protocol. 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. - -Some of netcat's major features are: - - Outbound or inbound connections, TCP or UDP, to or from any ports - Full DNS forward/reverse checking, with appropriate warnings - Ability to use any local source port - Ability to use any locally-configured network source address - Built-in port-scanning capabilities, with randomizer - Built-in loose source-routing capability - Can read command line arguments from standard input - Slow-send mode, one line every N seconds - Hex dump of transmitted and received data - Optional ability to let another program service established connections - Optional telnet-options responder - -A very short list of potential uses: - - Script backends - Scanning ports and inventorying services, automated probes - Backup handlers - File transfers - Server testing, simulation, debugging, and hijacking - Firewall testing - Proxy gatewaying - Network performance testing - Address spoofing tests - Protecting X servers - 1001 other uses you'll likely come up with - -Changes between the 1.00 release and this release: - - Better portability -- updated generic.h and Makefile [thanx folks!] - Indication of local-end interface address on inbound connections - That's *Dave* Borman's telnet, not Paul Borman... - Better indication of DNS errors - Total byte counts printed if -v -v is used - A bunch of front-end driver companion programs and scripts - Better handling of stdin arguments-plus-data - Hex-dump feature - Telnet responder - Program exec works inbound or outbound now - -Netcat and the associated package is a product of Avian Research, and is freely -available in full source form with no restrictions save an obligation to give -credit where due. Get it via anonymous FTP at avian.org:/src/hacks/nc110.tgz -which is a gzipped tar file and not to be confused with its version 1.00 -precursor, nc100.tgz. Other distribution formats can be accomodated upon -request. Netcat is also mirrored at the following [faster] sites: - - zippy.telcom.arizona.edu:/pub/mirrors/avian.org/hacks/nc110.tgz - ftp.sterling.com:/mirrors/avian.org/src/hacks/nc110.tgz - coast.cs.purdue.edu:/pub/tools/unix/netcat/nc110.tgz - ftp.rge.com:/pub/security/coast/mirrors/avian.org/netcat/nc110.tgz - -_H* 960320 |