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Subject: Re: RFC: OpenBSD's netcat in base or ports?
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Xin LI wrote:

> Dear folks,
>
> A recent glance at OpenBSD indicates that they have an excellent
> re-written of nc(1), also known as "netcat" that is very handy for
> system administrators.  The OpenBSD version of nc is licensed under
> the BSD License.
>
> While there may be some concerns about the potential security affects
> of it, I think it might be good if we have it in our base system, or
> in ports.

Although it is really old, there is a port (/usr/ports/net/obnc).  It
would be nice to have it in base since it is a good building block for
scripts.

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