menuconfig NETCAT bool prompt "netcat " help This is the GNU Flavour of the "netcat" utility. Netcat is a simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections using TCP or UDP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities. It provides access to the following main features: * Outbound and inbound connections, TCP or UDP, to or from any ports. * Featured tunneling mode which allows also special tunneling such as UDP to TCP, with the possibility of specifying all network parameters (source port/interface, listening port/interface, and the remote host allowed to connect to the tunnel. * Built-in port-scanning capabilities, with randomizer. * Advanced usage options, such as buffered send-mode (one line every N seconds), and hexdump (to stderr or to a specified file) of trasmitted and received data. * Optional RFC854 telnet codes parser and responder. The GNU Netcat is distributed freely under the GNU General Public License (GPL). See the official GNU Netcat project homepage for more info: http://netcat.sourceforge.net/ config NETCAT_OLD_HEXDUMP bool prompt "Use the old style hexdump format" depends on NETCAT help Disabled by default - if unsure, say NO config NETCAT_OLD_TELNET bool prompt "Use old telnet codes parsing policy" depends on NETCAT help Disabled by default - if unsure, say NO