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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.
netcat: Networking utility that manages TCP and UDP connections
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.
| Name: | netcat |
| Release: | 1:0.7.1-5mamba |
| Group: | Applications/Networking |
| Maintainer: | silvan |
| License: | GPL |
| Size: | 330.65 kB |
| Upstream URL: | https://netcat.sourceforge.net/ |
| Build time: | 2023-02-24 12:40:36 |
Binary packages and requirements
| x86_64 | aarch64 | i586 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built RPMS | netcat netcat-debug | netcat netcat-debug | netcat netcat-debug |
| Build requirements | glibc-devel [1] | glibc-devel [1] | glibc-devel [1] |
History of changes
| Date | Packager | Release | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-24 | silvan | 0.7.1-5mamba | - remove /usr/bin/nc conflicting with netcat-openbsd |
| 2023-02-24 | silvan | 0.7.1-4mamba | - rebuilt with debug package |
| 2013-08-27 | autodist | 0.7.1-3mamba | - automatic rebuild by autodist |
| 2008-10-14 | silvan | 0.7.1-2mamba | - rebuilt |
| 2006-03-21 | stefano | 0.7.1-1qilnx | - moved to the GNU Netcat project |
| 2003-10-17 | davide | 1.10-1qilnx | - first build |
