Reverse shell (attacker listener)

Wait for an incoming reverse shell connection

nc -lvp 4444
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netcat10 commands
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More netcat commands

  • Banner grabbing
    nc -v 192.168.1.1 22

    Connect to port and read service banner

  • Timeout on connect
    nc -w 3 192.168.1.1 80

    Set connection timeout to 3 seconds

  • Listen on port
    nc -lvp 4444

    Start a netcat listener on port 4444

  • Connect to host
    nc 192.168.1.1 80

    Open a TCP connection to host on port 80

  • Port scanning
    nc -zv 192.168.1.1 20-80

    Scan ports 20-80 on a host (zero I/O mode)

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