Source: netcat Section: net Priority: optional Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar Uploaders: Chris Hofstaedtler Standards-Version: 4.5.0 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13) Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/netcat.git Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/netcat Homepage: http://www.stearns.org/nc/ Rules-Requires-Root: no Package: netcat Section: oldlibs Architecture: all Depends: netcat-openbsd, ${misc:Depends} Description: TCP/IP swiss army knife -- transitional package This is a "dummy" package that depends on the netcat-openbsd version of netcat, to bring in a modern netcat and ease future transitions. It may safely be removed. Package: netcat-traditional Architecture: any Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs: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.