From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 30 15:56:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51E65106566B for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:56:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmckeown@eastcoast.co.za) Received: from ctb-mesg-2-2.saix.net (ctb-mesg-2-2.saix.net [196.25.240.87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9E528FC24 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:56:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmckeown@eastcoast.co.za) Received: from buffy (dsl-240-41-10.telkomadsl.co.za [41.240.41.10]) by ctb-mesg-2-2.saix.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68A781344B; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:20:58 +0200 (SAST) From: Jonathan and Jeannie To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:21:11 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <200803290025.m2T0PYZc070500@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> <82f916c90803300431m3a912c67w6682d04922408aeb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <82f916c90803300431m3a912c67w6682d04922408aeb@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200803301721.11628.jmckeown@eastcoast.co.za> Cc: Kemian Dang Subject: Re: Quick+easy port redirect X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:56:48 -0000 On Sunday 30 March 2008 13:31, Kemian Dang wrote: > The freebsd-tips suggest: > ports/net/netcat port is useful not only for redirecting input/output > to TCP or UDP connections, but also for proxying them with inetd(8). We need to update the tips, then: nc(1) doesn't have to be added from ports, it's been in the base system since 5.4. Jonathan