Netcat - The TCP/IP Swiss Army Knife

Netcat is a powerful tool that every security professional should be familiar with. It should be used with caution. I would not recommend installing netcat on your production networks. I would suggest using it to test your firewall, and router configurations in a test environment. It can also be...

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Tom Armstrong

February 15, 2001

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