= netcat = A featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. [[netcat.sourceforge.net]] == Examples == === Send HTTP request === The request was fetched with tcpdump. {{{#!highlight bash cat request1.txt | nc 192.168.1.1 8080 }}} === Send SMTP request === The request was fetched with tcpdump. {{{ ehlo example.com mail from: userx@example.com rcpt to: usery@example.net quit }}} {{{#!highlight bash cat requestsmtp1.txt | nc 192.168.1.1 25 }}}