NETCAT : The Swiss Army Knife You Must Have | Linux Today

NETCAT : The Swiss Army Knife You Must Have

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Dec 28, 2020

Netcat (also known as “nc”) is a networking tool used for reading or writing from TCP and UDP sockets using an easy interface. This tool is a treat to network administrators, programmers, and pen-testers as it’s a feature rich network debugging and investigation tool. In this guide, we will see how to use this tool

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