Netcat rules the net ----------

netcat 1.1 for Win95/NT is released

Version .9 had been out for over a year and a half so I figured it was time to finish off fixing the bugs and the final unimplemented features. More people are exploring NT networking than ever now so I hope many find good uses for this version.

This release will eventually be incorporated into the L0pht Disservice Pack. Stay tuned for more details.

I have written a little readme describing the basics of Netcat and a couple of the new NT options.

Download Netcat for NT 1.1 now and give it a try.

Send any bug reports to weld@l0pht.com.

netcat in the news

Windows NT Magazine April 1998 contains, "Attack of the Netcat". Unfortuantely this is not available online. The article is a little bit sensationalized, but basically on target. One thing it gets wrong is Netcat's ability to listen on ports that are filtered on the NT machine using TCP/IP Advanced Options. This is not true.

German Magazin fuer Computer Technik April 1998, has an article about Netcat. The story is not online.

Computer Industry braces for widespread deployment of netcat on Win95/NT platform. A LanTimes article, Net App Opens Doors for Hackers, from the 8/19/96 issue mentions hobbit and has interview with Mudge.


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unix netcat

Hobbit's release of netcat. If you want the full power of netcat along with the ability to run shell scripts this is what you need. The lastest version is 1.1 and is dated 3/20/96. nc110.tgz contains unix source code, documentation and many scripts.

The original unix README file contains everything you need to know about how to use netcat and what great network manipulations you can achieve. This is the netcat bible.

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What to do with netcat

Use it to programatically grab web pages with wcp.

If you have something to add here or comments about this page please contact weld@l0pht.com.

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