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It seems there are better alternatives to netcat, i.e. socat and ncat. Why should I choose either? I'd like to learn how to use such a tool, but I'm not a CS ma

by chm 14y ago

It seems there are better alternatives to netcat, i.e. socat and ncat. Why should I choose either? I'd like to learn how to use such a tool, but I'm not a CS major.

cnvogel 14y ago
For the simple task of moving bytes through a tcp connection (what the article is about) netcat will be fine. Socat allows you to use raw interfaces, or fifos, SSL, proxies, serial ports,... as one or both end points. E.g. you can forward arbitrary tcp connections (tcp relay;) but also connect stdin/stdout if a program to a serial port... just very, very, very versatile. http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/doc/socat.html http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/doc/socat.html
- chm 14y ago
  Thank you.
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