socat

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Tool and Usage

Project details

License
GPLv2
Programming language
C
Author
Gerhard Rieger
Latest release
1.7.3.2
Latest release date

Project health

59
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Why this tool?

Socat is a tool to share data between systems. It can leverage an existing connection, or set up a new channel between two systems. This can be useful to relay traffic, do a quick data transfer, or test other systems. Another option is to use it on the local system to add an encrypted channel.

Usage and audience

socat is commonly used for data encryption or data transfers. Target users for this tool are general public.

Features

  • Command line interface

Tool review and remarks

The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:

Strengths

  • + The source code of this software is available
  • + Well-known tool

Author and Maintainers

Socat is under development by Gerhard Rieger.

Installation

Supported operating systems

Socat is known to work on Linux and macOS.

Installation options

  • Git clone
  • Manual (compilation)
socat installation instructions

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Categories

This tool is categorized as a data encryption tool and data transfer tool.

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