Replacing	Netcat


		  jrmu (jrmu@cloud9p.org)

			  Cloud9p


			  ABSTRACT

	  9front alternatives to netcat	for Unix users



trampoline(8)

One substitute for netcat is trampoline(8)


  ; aux/trampoline $proto!$hostname!$port


Replace	 $proto	,  $hostname , and  $port

For example, to	connect	in plaintext  to  the  IRC  server
irc.ircnow.org on port 6667:

  ; aux/trampoline tcp!irc.ircnow.org!6667



telnet(1)

Another	substitute is telnet(1)

To create a  $proto netcat connection to    $hostname  and
$port:

  ; telnet $proto!$hostname!$port

To create a netcat connection to use paste.ircnow.org:

  ; telnet -n tcp!paste.ircnow.org!7777	< /path/to/file

To upload a file to tcp.st:

  ; telnet -n tcp!tcp.st!7777 <	/path/to/file






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