netcat

Free • Open Source
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What is netcat?

Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP 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.

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The last version (0.7.1) was released in January 2004.

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Developed byGNU
LicensingOpen Source and Free product.
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