There are obvious possibilities with Netcat if used incorrectly, if this is
the company Security Policy then I would imagine that there are examples of
a running system in your organization where Netcat has been removed. Also
anything with a dependancy on netcat will cease to function correctly.
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From: "Henning Hucke"
The reason they decided to remove netcat is that they "found" out netcat is hacker's tool via a google search :-).
IIRC some popular virus scanners even warn(ed) about netcat being a "remote access tool" or "unwanted program" :-)
You mean the ones which are programmed by the same people who are so paranoid that they think that every muslim is a terrorist? :-| netcat is a "knife" with which you can "cut" error sources but also can "kill" servers; which certainly happens much more often than any other usage (sigh!). Bad bad Baaaaad! %-| This world is going mad these days which is very hard for someone who stays normal a little bit longer that most others... Regards from the still normal Henning Hucke PS: Honestly I would refuse to remove "netcat". Honestly I would easily recommend to remove Yast which I rate as being a much bigger threat to the working safety of a Linux installation than netcat. -- It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. -- Aeschylus -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands, e-mail: suse-security-help@suse.com Security-related bug reports go to security@suse.de, not here