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netcat

OpenBSD netcat to read and write data across connections using TCP or UDP

About netcat

OpenBSD netcat to read and write data across connections using TCP or UDP

This project links 2 native package records across 2 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

These are catalog observations, not a guarantee of installation, compatibility, or upstream support.

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Project pictures and package coverage

Fedora 43: 1 package records; Fedora 44: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.netcat: recorded package coverageFedora 431 recordsFedora 441 records
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Project identity

Project
netcat
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
2
Operating systems
fedora-43, fedora-44
License expression
BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-2-Clause
Metadata completeness
100/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
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Source repository
Not reported

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

The OpenBSD nc (or netcat) utility can be used for just about anything involving TCP, UDP, or UNIX-domain sockets. It can open TCP connections, send UDP packets, listen on arbitrary TCP and UDP ports, do port scanning, and deal with both IPv4 and IPv6. Unlike telnet(1), nc scripts nicely, and separates error messages onto standard error instead of sending them to standard output, as telnet(1) might do with some.

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Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Fedora 43

  1. netcat

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source netcat

    1.238-1.fc43

    OpenBSD netcat to read and write data across connections using TCP or UDP

    aarch64x86_6443

Fedora 44

  1. netcat

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source netcat

    1.238-1.fc44

    OpenBSD netcat to read and write data across connections using TCP or UDP

    aarch64x86_6444

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Mapping provenance

Only source-backed identity signals create public cross-OS links. A reviewer can later approve or dispute an inferred relationship without rewriting native package history.

No field-level source record is published yet.