Netcat
Post Exploitationkali · parrotSwiss army knife of networking — debug, transfer files, and simple reverse shells (lab).
Install
sudo apt install netcat-openbsd
Common commands
nc -lvnp 4444 nc target.com 80
Use only on systems you are authorized to test. Follow program scope.
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