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Subject:	RE: netcat lacks socks support?
Date:	Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:30:33 +0100
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On 19 April 2006 06:08, peter360 wrote:

> Oh, for the first question, I run fedora core 4 at home and the netcat
> program I installed can act as a socks client.  Here is the nc -h output:

>                 -6              Use IPv6

  Woot!

>                 -X proto        Proxy protocol: "4", "5" (SOCKS) or
> "connect"
>                 -x addr[:port]  Specify proxy address and port

  Muhahahahaa!

> You can see the -X and -x options.

  Sure can!

>  Here is the version info

> Version     : 1.78

  Yow!  That's about 68 versions ahead of where we're at!

> URL         : http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/nc/

> Perhaps this is specific to fedora/redhat?

  Nope, check the URL: it's an openbsd fork off the original netcat that I
never heard of before.  Cool.  I'll see if it builds for cygwin.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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