Re: Netcat (NC) Secure Remote Connections via authenication

From: Devdas Bhagat (devdas_at_dvb.homelinux.org)
Date: 07/01/03

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    On 27/06/03 18:01 -0500, Dagmar d'Surreal wrote:
    <snip>
    > > I have a requirement were I need to connect to a remote machine and
    > > get a command prompt. We all know how to do this via netcat by
    > > setting up a listening port. My concern is that I do not want to
    > > leave the port open for anyone to connect.
    >
    > Your concern is warranted. It's never a good idea to just leave ports
    > open that blindly accept commands from anyone around the globe, no
    > matter how "secret" the port number used may be.
    Cryptcat may be useful as well.

    <snip>
    > *can* be run on a Win32 machine, which would solve your problem nicely
    > once you find a consultant able to build it for you using Cygwin. Of
    Prebuilt packages are available online. You can just download and
    install those.

    Devdas Bhagat

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