[3739] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: command line html commands
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Kinchlea)
Sat Dec 7 01:30:05 1996
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 19:37:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Kinchlea <security@kinch.ark.com>
Reply-To: Dave Kinchlea <security@kinch.ark.com>
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199612060751.IAA06825@pharma1.pharmasoft.se>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
> Is it possible to do a http request via a script or command line?
> Goal is to preload "stuff" in to a proxy
> And to do a SSL Post via a cron tab.
>
While I haven't used it for this purpose, I am fairly certain that
this will do what you want better than a telnet session. YMMV.
cheers, kinch
**************************** from netcat.blurb ******************************
Netcat 1.10 is an updated release of Netcat, 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.
Some of netcat's major features are:
Outbound or inbound connections, TCP or UDP, to or from any ports
Full DNS forward/reverse checking, with appropriate warnings
Ability to use any local source port
Ability to use any locally-configured network source address
Built-in port-scanning capabilities, with randomizer
Built-in loose source-routing capability
Can read command line arguments from standard input
Slow-send mode, one line every N seconds
Hex dump of transmitted and received data
Optional ability to let another program service established connections
Optional telnet-options responder
A very short list of potential uses:
Script backends
Scanning ports and inventorying services, automated probes
Backup handlers
File transfers
Server testing, simulation, debugging, and hijacking
Firewall testing
Proxy gatewaying
Network performance testing
Address spoofing tests
Protecting X servers
1001 other uses you'll likely come up with
Changes between the 1.00 release and this release:
Better portability -- updated generic.h and Makefile [thanx folks!]
Indication of local-end interface address on inbound connections
That's *Dave* Borman's telnet, not Paul Borman...
Better indication of DNS errors
Total byte counts printed if -v -v is used
A bunch of front-end driver companion programs and scripts
Better handling of stdin arguments-plus-data
Hex-dump feature
Telnet responder
Program exec works inbound or outbound now
Netcat and the associated package is a product of Avian Research, and is freely
available in full source form with no restrictions save an obligation to give
credit where due. Get it via anonymous FTP at avian.org:/src/hacks/nc110.tgz
which is a gzipped tar file and not to be confused with its version 1.00
precursor, nc100.tgz. Other distribution formats can be accomodated upon
request. Netcat is also mirrored at the following [faster] sites:
zippy.telcom.arizona.edu:/pub/mirrors/avian.org/hacks/nc110.tgz
ftp.sterling.com:/mirrors/avian.org/src/hacks/nc110.tgz
coast.cs.purdue.edu:/pub/tools/unix/netcat/nc110.tgz
ftp.rge.com:/pub/security/coast/mirrors/avian.org/netcat/nc110.tgz
