Re: [PATCH] [Ncat] Fix EOF handling

[Kris Katterjohn <katterjohn () gmail com>]

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David Fifield wrote:
> That's a good idea. In svn://svn.insecure.org/nmap-exp/david/nmap-listen
> I added -k/--keep-open like you suggested. -k doesn't conflict with any
> nc or GNU Netcat options. However, I see that a Windows version of
> Netcat uses -L ("listen harder") for much the same feature.
>
> http://osdir.com/ml/os.apple.macports.user/2007-07/msg00072.html
>
> There was a request for -L in Ncat, and Kris pointed out that -l already
> does that.
>
> http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2009/q1/0037.html
>
> But because persistent connections cause some programs to lose the tail
> end of transfers, we're thinking of making non-persistent the default. I
> think the ncat-listen branch does what we need, but it remains to choose
> the user interface. I like -k/--keep-open, but -L (and maybe --Listen?)
> has the benefit of a precedent. Does anyone have a preference?

I'm confused: Daniel said in his initial post that the -k option in his patch
is like the same option from BSD netcat.  So -k has precedent too, right?

But either way, I prefer -k to -L.

> David Fifield

Cheers,
Kris Katterjohn

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