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RE: Netcat VS 'real' clients

Subject: RE: Netcat VS 'real' clients
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:53:45 +0200
Ishay,

With netcat and textbased protocols - it is just a question of whether
you know the protocol and able to craft valid requests.

The service receiving your requests (e.g. the web server, or the smtp
server) does not know what kind of a client you are when you send the
request, and actually - it doesn't really care either.

The meaning of a protocol is that is has a specific ruleset, and format
for communication it can receive and handle. As long as your request
matches that format - the service receiving your requests won't mind
whether it's netcat, telnet, a "real" client, or anything else.

Irene

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ishay [mailto:ishaybs@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:11 PM
To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
Subject: Netcat VS 'real' clients

I wonder if using netcat is simulating the Http,Imap,Pop3,Ftp,SMTP as
the real clients does?
For e.g. pentest for pop3 with netcat VS outlook.

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