Re: NCat tunnel tuncating data?

[Peter Holroyde <pete () flammablebits co uk>]

same results on 5.35DC1 :-s

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 5:18 AM, David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 05:16:48PM +0100, Peter Holroyde wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:34 PM, David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com
> > wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 09:55:02AM +0100, Peter Holroyde wrote:
> > > > Hi guys, i'm hoping someone can shed some light on this for me...
> > > >
> > > > I'm using ncat to tunnel a port through to a webservice on a machine
> > > using
> > > > the command:
> > > >
> > > > ncat -l 1444 -c "ncat xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 1444 -o log.txt"
> > > >
> > > > this works great until i try to post a large request down the tunnel,
> at
> > > > which point the log file suddenly stops after 512 characters (and the
> > > > request never completes)
> > > >
> > > > is this a limit in ncat does anybody know? or just a limit to the
> amount
> > > of
> > > > data logged?
> > > >
> > > > the responses are certainly bigger than 512 and come through with no
> > > > problems
> > >
> > > Does it happen only when logging with -o, or always?
> >
> > It happens with or without -o
>
> Would you try again with version 5.35DC1? I have a feeling this is fixed
> already. In the newer version you will have to add the -k option to make
> Ncat keep listening.
>
> David Fifield
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