Source: netcat Section: net Maintainer: Ruben Molina Uploaders: Anibal Monsalve Salazar Standards-Version: 3.9.5 Build-Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~), debhelper (>= 9) #Homepage: http://www.stearns.org/nc/ Package: netcat Priority: extra Section: oldlibs Architecture: all Depends: netcat-traditional (>= 1.10-39), ${misc:Depends} Description: TCP/IP swiss army knife -- transitional package This is a "dummy" package that depends on lenny's default version of netcat, to ease upgrades. It may be safely removed. Package: netcat-traditional Priority: important Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Provides: netcat Description: TCP/IP swiss army knife 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. . This is the "classic" netcat, written by *Hobbit*. It lacks many features found in netcat-openbsd.