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 <
bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <joeyh@debian.org> and
> Robert
> Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>, cribbing heavily from Netcat's README
> file.
>
> Netcat was written by a guy we know as the Hobbit <hobbit@avian.org
> >.
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Ed <plug@0x1b.com> 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
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>
>
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