Netcat
Tool and Usage
Project details
- License
- Public domain
- Programming language
- C
- Latest release
- 1.10 []
Project health
59
This score is calculated by different factors, like project age, last release date, etc.Links
| Netcat website |
Introduction
Netcat (or nc) is a small tool to set up network connections via TCP or UDP. It can be used in scripts and fulfill multiple roles like port scanning, transferring files, port listening, or even as a backdoor.
The development of this tool looks to be stalled or stopped.
Usage and audience
Netcat is commonly used for penetration testing, security assessment, or troubleshooting. Target users for this tool are pentesters, security professionals, and system administrators.
Tool review and remarks
The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:
Strengths
- + Project is mature (10+ years)
- + The source code of this software is available
Weaknesses
- - No updates for a while
Installation
Supported operating systems
Netcat is known to work on Linux.
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