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Package: socat (1.7.1.0-1)

multipurpose relay for bidirectional data transfer

Socat (for SOcket CAT) establishes two bidirectional byte streams and transfers data between them. Data channels may be files, pipes, devices (terminal or modem, etc.), or sockets (Unix, IPv4, IPv6, raw, UDP, TCP, SSL). It provides forking, logging and tracing, different modes for interprocess communication and many more options.

It can be used, for example, as a TCP relay (one-shot or daemon), as an external socksifier, as a shell interface to Unix sockets, as an IPv6 relay, as a netcat and rinetd replacement, to redirect TCP-oriented programs to a serial line, or to establish a relatively secure environment (su and chroot) for running client or server shell scripts inside network connections.

Tags: Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Networking: Client, Server, VPN or Tunneling, Network Protocol: IP, IPv6, SSL/TLS, TCP, Telnet, UDP, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Proxying, Transmission, Works with: Network Traffic

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.4) [amd64, hppa, mips, mipsel]
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    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [armel, powerpc, s390]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) [i386]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3.4) [ia64]
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    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libreadline5 (>= 5.2)
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  • dep: libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8f-5)
    SSL shared libraries
  • dep: libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~) [not mips, mipsel]
    Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers library

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 368.4 kB956 kB [list of files]
armel 347.0 kB860 kB [list of files]
hppa 362.4 kB896 kB [list of files]
i386 346.2 kB900 kB [list of files]
ia64 422.4 kB1240 kB [list of files]
mips 352.1 kB988 kB [list of files]
mipsel 352.2 kB988 kB [list of files]
powerpc 366.0 kB936 kB [list of files]
s390 357.5 kB912 kB [list of files]
sparc 343.6 kB868 kB [list of files]