OpenBSD's netcat in base or ports?

[Jordan K. Hubbard]

I agree.  FWIW, we bundled netcat in with Mac OS X's base distribution 
in Panther.  I got a lot of requests for it before that and it's 
already come in handy several times, so I don't regret the decision at 
all.  FreeBSD would benefit from having it in the base system.

- Jordan

On Jan 26, 2005, at 4:14 AM, Robert Watson wrote:

> It's always surprised me netcat isn't in the base system -- it's a very
> useful testing tool.
>
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Jordan K. Hubbard
Engineering Manager, BSD technology group
Apple Computer