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Netcat is a simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across
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network connections, using the TCP or UDP protocol.
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It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used
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directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same
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time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since
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it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has
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several interesting built-in capabilities.
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This package contains the OpenBSD rewrite of netcat, with Debian and
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other patches, including support for IPv6, proxies, and Unix sockets.
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The installed binary is named "nc.openbsd" and the manpage is as well.
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BTW, this package conflicts with the netcat in slackware as it creates a
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symbolic link /usr/bin/nc (to let libvirt stuff work correctly), so
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remove netcat (nc) from your system before building/installing this.
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