Here are some great links on netcat http://www.searchlore.org/aznetcat.htm http://m.nu/program/util/netcat/netcat.html http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/05/29/netcat.html
On 5/4/05, jr_G-man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anybody explain this? I don't know about the 'nc' command or what > it's doing in this instance. Can you walk through what it will be > finding and how to interpret it? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >Message: 1 > >Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:07:19 -0500 > >From: Adam Melancon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: > > Webhosting,suggestions?) > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > >Ditto! I'm going to lodge this tip in the back corner of my brain. > >I'm definatly having a "gee, I wonder why I didn't think of that" > >moment. ; ) > > > >On 5/4/05, Christian Tortorich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>It could be scanning systems for backdoors.... if it is using any type > >>of > >>plain text protocol, you can let it connect using netcat and see what it > >> > >>sends: > >> > >>nc -l -p 37830 > junk.txt > >> > >>After a successful connect, nc will exit, then you may have some clues > >>in > >>junk.txt. > >> > >>ray > >>-- > >>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >>Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org > >>Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University > >>IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support > >>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Adam Melancon Work: http://www.vermilion.lib.la.us Personal: http://www.melancon.org
