Netcat

Netcat definition - hacker
A simple but powerful tool that can connect two hosts on the Internet so that data can be sent. Because Netcat can use any port, it is frequently used to hide an attacker’s control connection to a compromised computer behind an apparently legitimate ­connection.

See Also: Computer; Internet; Port and Port Numbers.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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