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Ettercap vs netcat

A side-by-side look at Ettercap and netcat. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Ettercap

Ettercap

Security & Privacy

Ettercap is a free and open source network security tool for man-in-the-middle attacks on LAN. It can be used for network auditing, protocol analysis, sniffing passwords, detecting ARP spoofing, and more.

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netcat

netcat

Network & Admin

Netcat is a networking utility for reading from and writing to network connections using TCP or UDP. It can be used to create simple one-shot connections, interface with more full-featured network services, and build quick backdoors and relays.

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