This week’s reading article introduces us to ‘Netcat’ which has proven to be a very important tool for IT security admins in maintaining the security of their networks. Netcat is a Linux utility program which is used for reading and writing data using TCP and UDP protocols across networks. Netcat is very strong in creating connections using port filtering, with network devices, hence it is also used as a network debugging tool. The article illustrates further on various uses or circumstances in which netcat can be used by security admins as well as the relevant syntax which is used for carrying out specific actions using this tool.
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