Re: [RFC] Now Redoing Ncat's Output Options

[Dirk Loss <lists () dirk-loss de>]

doug () hcsw org wrote:
 > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:22:22AM -0500 or thereabouts, Kris 
Katterjohn wrote:
> > But this email isn't about removing these options, just renaming them.  Unless
> > there are any compelling reasons to remove them, in which case feel free to
> > mention them.
>
> cat -v [1].
>
> I vote remove 'em. Unix already has a way to print hex output:

That's a good point. Maybe we should not focus on output _formats_, but 
more on output _contents_, i.e. include some of Ncats internal 
information that would be lost in a plain binary ouput. Such as 
direction of the communication (who said what), timestamps, or other 
meta information. Just as the metadata in Nmap's XML.

Another aspect: As Ncat is supposed to work on Windows boxes as well, 
where some typical Unix text-utils aren't available, it might make sense 
to include at least some common formatting options in Ncat.

Regards
Dirk

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