Required settings and configurations
1. Firstly, you need to check whether NetCat is installed or not in your system. To check that use the following Command :
nc -h
If you see the following output then netcat is preinstalled in your system.
2. If NetCat is not installed in your system then you need to use the following Command :
sudo apt-get install netcat
or
sudo apt-get -y install netcat
You need to enter the password after entering the above command as you need to give root user privileges. ‘sudo’ command gives superuser privileges to the command.‘apt-get’ command is used to handle the package utility.
Hooray !! You have Successfully installed the NetCat (NC) tool in your System.
How to Send a File Using Netcat and Then Keep the Connection Alive
Netcat (NC) is a popular networking utility tool for reading and writing data across network connections using TCP or UDP protocols. It can be used for both attack and security, in the case of attacking. It helps us to debug the network along with investigating it. It runs on all operating systems. Netcat (NC) is a well-known systems administration application that might be utilized to trade records and hold associations open for additional verbal trade between frameworks.