Netcat: ( TCP/IP Swiss Army Knife ) | DevOps | Linux | Use-Cases
netcat (often abbreviated to nc) is a computer networking utility for reading from and writing to network connections using TCP and UDP
The command is designed to be a dependable back-end 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 investigation tool, since it can produce almost any kind of connection its user could need and has a number of built-in capabilities.
Features:
- port scanning, transferring files, and port listening, and it can be used as a backdoor
The way I learn CLI tools is by first learning the usage of the tool, followed by committing a few simple commands to muscle memory
I have tried to cover few use cases with netcat in this video
The command is designed to be a dependable back-end 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 investigation tool, since it can produce almost any kind of connection its user could need and has a number of built-in capabilities.
Features:
- port scanning, transferring files, and port listening, and it can be used as a backdoor
The way I learn CLI tools is by first learning the usage of the tool, followed by committing a few simple commands to muscle memory
I have tried to cover few use cases with netcat in this video
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