Netcat, widely known as a net admin’s Swiss Army Knife, is a command line network utility that can read and write data across TCP and UDP network connections. It can be used as a powerful port scanner, port listener, port re-director and a backdoor to anyone who gets familiar with the commands.
All the tables provided in the cheat sheets are also presented in tables below which are easy to copy and paste.
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The Netcat cheat sheet covers:
- Installation
- Run Modes
- Netcat Command Flags
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What’s included in the cheat sheet
The following categories and items have been included in the cheat sheet:
Installation / Run Modes
Netcat Command Flags
nc -zv hostname.com <port_from>-<port_to>
alternatively
nc -zv hostname.com <port_from>
