> You can go to some effort to disable those things, but the job should > really be done with nc or socat or similar.
FWIW, I tried `nc` for that (because I like `nc` for actual transfers) but didn't like it because it doesn't give enough feedback. I just tried `socat` and it similarly just "sits there" sometimes, at which point I have to use my head to try and guess if it means it successfully connected but the other end doesn't send anything, or if it means it's still waiting for the connection to be established, etc... I think what I'd want is a UI a bit more like `ping`: I give it a hostname and a port, and it tells me when it starts to try and establish the connection (showing the IP address used), and then telling me whether the connection was successful or not (even better if it can show me the first few bytes received from the server, if any, but it should disconnect automatically) or whether it timedout. Any recommendation? === Stefan
