Netcat

Netcat (often abbreviated to nc) is a computer networking utility for reading from and writing to network connections using TCP or UDP. Netcat 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.

Netcat

Tutorials

• SourceDaddy: Netcat
• SecureIT: NetCat Tutorial

Activities

• Open a remote shell listening on port 5555: netcat -nvlp 5555 -e /bin/bash

See Also

• OpenSSH
• telnet