On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> wrote: > eix netcat returned net-analyzer/gnu-netcat and net-analyzer/netcat > > What's the difference? Which one should I emerge? > > Rgds, > -- > FdS Pandu E Poluan > ~ IT Optimizer ~ > > • LOPSA Member #15248 > • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com > • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan >
For a third, unasked, option... if you're not using any of the more extravagant features, you practically always have busybox on hand already... $ busybox nc BusyBox v1.19.3 (2012-02-21 22:48:14 EST) multi-call binary. Usage: nc [OPTIONS] HOST PORT - connect nc [OPTIONS] -l -p PORT [HOST] [PORT] - listen -e PROG Run PROG after connect (must be last) -l Listen mode, for inbound connects -p PORT Local port -s ADDR Local address -w SEC Timeout for connects and final net reads -i SEC Delay interval for lines sent -n Don't do DNS resolution -u UDP mode -v Verbose -o FILE Hex dump traffic -z Zero-I/O mode (scanning) -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy