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Zachary Kotlarek zach at kotlarek.com
Sat Aug 28 22:23:30 CDT 2010


On Aug 28, 2010, at 9:24 PM, Tom Pohl wrote:

> I don't know your feelings, but that is one of the binaries I like to keep off my machines because if a bad guy wants to get in, having netcat already available is a wet dream :)


On the other hand, netcat lets you take things that would normally be exposed via TCP sockets -- say VNC -- and route them to UNIX sockets and exposing the TCP socket  via netcat only when it's actually in use.

As with any tool, there's a balance to be struck.

	Zach

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