# The net/socat port

## socat-1.7.2.1 – relay for bidirectional data transfer

## Description

    "netcat++" (extended design, new implementation)

    socat is a relay for bidirectional data transfer between two independent
    data channels. Each of these data channels may be a file, pipe, device
    (serial line etc. or a pseudo terminal), a socket (UNIX, IP4, IP6 - raw,
    UDP, TCP), an SSL socket, proxy CONNECT connection, a file descriptor
    (stdin etc.), the GNU line editor (readline), a program, or a
    combination of two of these.  These modes include generation of
    "listening" sockets, named pipes, and pseudo terminals.

WWW: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/

Categories:
  net

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