No.  Lots of things aren't included with any given Linux distribution. 
It might be due to licensing, or perceived maturity of the application,
but more often the fact that there's so much stuff out there that nobody
can possibly keep track of it all.

By the way I've recently been looking at Ethereal, a protocol analyzer
("packet sniffer"), which is quite impressive, also very educational for
those wanting to learn more about networking protocols.

-- Rod
   http://www.sunsetsystems.com/

Hawke wrote:
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> netcat doesn't appear to be installed on my redhat system.
> is this a distribution specific application?
> 
> Hawke
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> Joel Dudley wrote:
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>   Man this is cool.  I suggest everyone use it to open port 139
> netbios
>   session on a windows computer to see what true fun you can have
> with this!
> 
>   - Joel
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>   > Just thought I'd let everyone know about the fabulous network
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>   > netcat.  It is truly elegant.  Small, fast, and effective.  It
> allows
>   > for any type of TCP or UDP connection, and is just a cool network
>   > diagnostic tool.  Check it out.
>   >
>   > http://www.l0pht.com/~weld/netcat/
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