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Netcat (nc)

https://nmap.org/ncat/

Open Source ◆ Kali Linux

Categories

Post-Exploitation Scanning & Enumeration

Description

The "Swiss army knife" of networking. Reads and writes data across network connections using TCP/UDP. Used for port scanning, banner grabbing, file transfer, reverse shells, and port forwarding.

Keywords

netcat TCP UDP reverse shell banner grabbing port scan file transfer listener

Example Usage

nc -nvzw1 192.168.1.1 1-1000
nc -lvnp 4444
nc 192.168.1.1 80