Package: netcat-openbsd Version: 1.206-1 File: /bin/nc.openbsd $ man nc -v Produce more verbose output. but $ nc -v -l -p 60111 nc: getnameinfo: Temporary failure in name resolution
and it dies. That's crazy. $ nc.traditional -v -l -p 60111 listening on [any] 60111 ... That's better.