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socat is a relay for bidirectional data transfer between two independent
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data channels. Each of these data channels may be a file, pipe, device
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(terminal or modem etc.), socket (UNIX, IP4, IP6 - raw, UDP, TCP), a file
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descriptor (stdin etc.), a program, or an arbitrary combination of two of
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these.
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socat can be used, e.g., as TCP relay (one-shot or daemon), as an external
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socksifier, for attacking weak firewalls, as a shell interface to UNIX
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sockets, IP6 relay, for redirecting TCP oriented programs like brutus to a
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serial line, or to establish a relatively secure environment (su and chroot)
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for running client or server shell scripts with network connections.
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WWW: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
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