Netcat

[downie -]

> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:27:01 +0100
> From: tor at spahan.ch
> To: or-talk at freehaven.net
> Subject: Re: Netcat
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> Am 20.01.10 02:46, schrieb downie -:
> > 
> > Hi,
> >  can anyone explain the Torify netcat instructions at
> > https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO/Misc#NC
> > please?
> nc -n -X 5 -x 127.0.0.1:9050 <target_host> <target_port>
> 
> - From the nc man page on my system:
>      -n      Do not do any DNS or service lookups on any specified
> addresses, hostnames or ports.
>      -X proxy_version
>              Requests that nc should use the specified protocol when
> talking to the proxy server.  Supported protocols are ``4'' (SOCKS v.4),
> ``5'' (SOCKS v.5) and ``connect'' (HTTPS proxy).  If the protocol is not
> specified, SOCKS version 5 is used.
> 
>      -x proxy_address[:port]
>              Requests that nc should connect to hostname using a proxy
> at proxy_address and port.  If port is not specified, the well-known
> port for the proxy protocol is used (1080 for SOCKS, 3128 for HTTPS).
> 
> > Neither the -X nor -x options exist in my version of nc.
> Maybe your nc was compiled without proxy support? Where you got it from?
> I have distant memories of me compile the gnu nc version once because I
> had a weird implementation of netcat on my system.
> http://netcat.sourceforge.net/
Thanks for the info.
It's the binary that came with OSX - I don't compile.
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