Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 07:05:28 -0600 (CST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Se=E1n_C=2E_Farley?= <sean-freebsd@farley.org> To: delphij@delphij.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: OpenBSD's netcat in base or ports? Message-ID: <20050125070204.W10738@thor.farley.org> In-Reply-To: <1106656607.615.5.camel@spirit> References: <1106656607.615.5.camel@spirit>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1528465624-1106658328=:10738 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE 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. Se=E1n --=20 sean-freebsd@farley.org --0-1528465624-1106658328=:10738--
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