hmmmmm.... nc isn't on my system I even ran apt-get update and tried apt-get install. On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > then I suppose I'll use netcat. I suppose I put 'nc- p 5050' in a file > somewhere. Could someone tell me which file? > funny.... reading the man page for nc (trying to figure out how to get it > to work) was a hoot! the copyright section is rather entertaining. check it > out! > > here is the excerpt I was talking about: > > COPYRIGHT > Netcat is entirely my own creation, although plenty of other code > was > used as examples. It is freely given away to the Internet community > in > the hope that it will be useful, with no restrictions except > giving > credit where it is due. No GPLs, Berkeley copyrights or any of > that > nonsense. The author assumes NO responsibility for how anyone uses > it. > If netcat makes you rich somehow and you're feeling generous, mail > me a > check. If you are affiliated in any way with Microsoft Network, > get a > life. Always ski in control. Comments, questions, and patches to > hob‐ > bit@avian.org. > > NOTES > Some port names in /etc/services contain hyphens -- netcat > currently > will not correctly parse those unless you escape the hyphens with > back‐ > slashes (e.g. "netcat localhost 'ftp\-data'"). > > BUGS > Efforts have been made to have netcat "do the right thing" in all > its > various modes. If you believe that it is doing the wrong thing > under > whatever circumstances, please notify me and tell me how you think > it > should behave. If netcat is not able to do some task you think > up, > minor tweaks to the code will probably fix that. It provides a > basic > and easily-modified template for writing other network > applications, > and I certainly encourage people to make custom mods and send in > any > improvements they make to it. Continued feedback from the Internet > com‐ > munity is always welcome! > > EXAMPLES > For several netcat recipes, please see > /usr/share/doc/netcat/README.gz > and /usr/share/doc/netcat/README.Debian.gz. > > AUTHOR > This manual page was written by Joey Hess and > Robert > Woodcock , cribbing heavily from Netcat's README > file. > > Netcat was written by a guy we know as the Hobbit >. > > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Ed wrote: > >> Squid is a proxy server found at http://www.squid-cache.org/ >> I would guess that apt-get thinks of it as squid-cache. >> >> Unless you already have Squid (doesn't sound like it) already set up - >> this is a bit over the top just to let port 5050 past the firewall + >> NAT. >> If you have a home network, Squid is a good way to control access to >> the Internet. If you have one computer on a broadband connection, then >> just opening port 5050 should be enough, add forwarding if you have >> NAT setup. Squid is a heavy service, other tunneling tools exist like >> nc (aka netcat) or ssh or stunnel that will be much easier to set up. >> >> Once you are set up, you should check to see which service you have >> listening at port 5050 with something like "netstat -ta" or wireshark, >> etc >> >> Happy Holidays - Ed >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: