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socat

0001-01-01

socat (SOcket CAT) is a tool that establishes bidirectional streams and transfers data between them.

socat is commonly used by pentesters, cybercriminals, and systems administrators.

https://www.kali.org/tools/socat/#:~:text=Socat%20(for%20SOcket%20CAT)%20establishes,UDP%2C%20TCP%2C%20SSL).


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