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socat

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. Socat supports sctp as of 1.7.0.

Installed size: 1.47 MB
How to install: sudo apt install socat

Dependencies:
  • libc6
  • libssl3
  • libwrap0
filan

Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT)

root@kali:~# filan -h
filan by Gerhard Rieger and contributors - see http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
Analyze file descriptors of the process
Usage:
filan [options]
   options:
      -?|-h          print this help text
      -d             increase verbosity (use up to 4 times)
      -i<fdnum>      only analyze this fd
      -n<fdnum>      analyze all fds from 0 up to fdnum-1 (default: 1024)
      -s             simple output with just type and socket address or path
      -S             like -s but improved format and contents
      -f<filename>   analyze file system entry
      -T<seconds>    wait before analyzing, useful to connect with debugger
      -r             raw output for time stamps and rdev
      -L             follow symbolic links instead of showing their properties
      -o<filename>   output goes to filename, that can be:
                     a regular file name, the output goes to that
                     +<filedes> , output goes to the file descriptor (which must be open writable)
                     the 3 special names stdin stdout and stderr

procan

Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT)

root@kali:~# procan -h
procan by Gerhard Rieger and contributors - send bug reports to [email protected]
Analyze system parameters of process
Usage:
procan [options]
   options:
      -?|-h  print a help text describing command line options
      -c     print values of compile time C defines

socat

Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT)

root@kali:~# socat -h
socat by Gerhard Rieger and contributors - see www.dest-unreach.org
Usage:
socat [options] <bi-address> <bi-address>
   options:
      -V     print version and feature information to stdout, and exit
      -h|-?  print a help text describing command line options and addresses
      -hh    like -h, plus a list of all common address option names
      -hhh   like -hh, plus a list of all available address option names
      -d[ddd]         increase verbosity (use up to 4 times; 2 are recommended)
      -D     analyze file descriptors before loop
      -ly[facility]  log to syslog, using facility (default is daemon)
      -lf<logfile>   log to file
      -ls            log to stderr (default if no other log)
      -lm[facility]  mixed log mode (stderr during initialization, then syslog)
      -lp<progname>  set the program name used for logging
      -lu            use microseconds for logging timestamps
      -lh            add hostname to log messages
      -v     verbose text dump of data traffic
      -x     verbose hexadecimal dump of data traffic
      -r <file>      raw dump of data flowing from left to right
      -R <file>      raw dump of data flowing from right to left
      -b<size_t>     set data buffer size (8192)
      -s     sloppy (continue on error)
      -t<timeout>    wait seconds before closing second channel
      -T<timeout>    total inactivity timeout in seconds
      -u     unidirectional mode (left to right)
      -U     unidirectional mode (right to left)
      -g     do not check option groups
      -L <lockfile>  try to obtain lock, or fail
      -W <lockfile>  try to obtain lock, or wait
      -4     prefer IPv4 if version is not explicitly specified
      -6     prefer IPv6 if version is not explicitly specified
   bi-address:
      pipe[,<opts>]	groups=FD,FIFO
      <single-address>!!<single-address>
      <single-address>
   single-address:
      <address-head>[,<opts>]
   address-head:
      abstract-client:<filename>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RETRY,UNIX
      abstract-connect:<filename>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RETRY,UNIX
      abstract-listen:<filename>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RETRY,UNIX
      abstract-recv:<filename>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RETRY,UNIX
      abstract-recvfrom:<filename>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY,UNIX
      abstract-sendto:<filename>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RETRY,UNIX
      create:<filename>	groups=FD,REG,NAMED
      exec:<command-line>	groups=FD,FIFO,SOCKET,EXEC,FORK,TERMIOS,PTY,PARENT,UNIX
      fd:<num>	groups=FD,FIFO,CHR,BLK,REG,SOCKET,TERMIOS,UNIX,IP4,IP6,UDP,TCP,SCTP
      gopen:<filename>	groups=FD,FIFO,CHR,BLK,REG,SOCKET,NAMED,OPEN,TERMIOS,UNIX
      interface:<interface>	groups=FD,SOCKET
      ip-datagram:<host>:<protocol>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE,IP4,IP6
      ip-recv:<protocol>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE,IP4,IP6
      ip-recvfrom:<protocol>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RANGE,IP4,IP6
      ip-sendto:<host>:<protocol>	groups=FD,SOCKET,IP4,IP6
      ip4-datagram:<host>:<protocol>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE,IP4
      ip4-recv:<protocol>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE,IP4
      ip4-recvfrom:<protocol>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RANGE,IP4
      ip4-sendto:<host>:<protocol>	groups=FD,SOCKET,IP4
      ip6-datagram:<host>:<protocol>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE,IP6
      ip6-recv:<protocol>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE,IP6
      ip6-recvfrom:<protocol>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RANGE,IP6
      ip6-sendto:<host>:<protocol>	groups=FD,SOCKET,IP6
      open:<filename>	groups=FD,FIFO,CHR,BLK,REG,NAMED,OPEN,TERMIOS
      openssl:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY,IP4,IP6,TCP,OPENSSL
      openssl-dtls-client:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY,IP4,IP6,UDP,OPENSSL
      openssl-dtls-server:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RETRY,RANGE,IP4,IP6,UDP,OPENSSL
      openssl-listen:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RETRY,RANGE,IP4,IP6,TCP,OPENSSL
      pipe:<filename>	groups=FD,FIFO,NAMED,OPEN
      proxy:<proxy-server>:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY,IP4,IP6,TCP,HTTP
      pty	groups=FD,NAMED,TERMIOS,PTY
      sctp-connect:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY,IP4,IP6,SCTP
      sctp-listen:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RETRY,RANGE,IP4,IP6,SCTP
      sctp4-connect:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY,IP4,SCTP
      sctp4-listen:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RETRY,RANGE,IP4,SCTP
      sctp6-connect:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY,IP6,SCTP
      sctp6-listen:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RETRY,RANGE,IP6,SCTP
      socket-connect:<domain>:<protocol>:<remote-address>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY
      socket-datagram:<domain>:<type>:<protocol>:<remote-address>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE
      socket-listen:<domain>:<protocol>:<local-address>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RETRY,RANGE
      socket-recv:<domain>:<type>:<protocol>:<local-address>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE
      socket-recvfrom:<domain>:<type>:<protocol>:<local-address>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RANGE
      socket-sendto:<domain>:<type>:<protocol>:<remote-address>	groups=FD,SOCKET
      socks4:<socks-server>:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY,IP4,IP6,TCP,SOCKS4
      socks4a:<socks-server>:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY,IP4,IP6,TCP,SOCKS4
      stderr	groups=FD,FIFO,CHR,BLK,REG,SOCKET,TERMIOS,UNIX,IP4,IP6,UDP,TCP,SCTP
      stdin	groups=FD,FIFO,CHR,BLK,REG,SOCKET,TERMIOS,UNIX,IP4,IP6,UDP,TCP,SCTP
      stdio	groups=FD,FIFO,CHR,BLK,REG,SOCKET,TERMIOS,UNIX,IP4,IP6,UDP,TCP,SCTP
      stdout	groups=FD,FIFO,CHR,BLK,REG,SOCKET,TERMIOS,UNIX,IP4,IP6,UDP,TCP,SCTP
      system:<shell-command>	groups=FD,FIFO,SOCKET,EXEC,FORK,TERMIOS,PTY,PARENT,UNIX
      tcp-connect:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY,IP4,IP6,TCP
      tcp-listen:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RETRY,RANGE,IP4,IP6,TCP
      tcp4-connect:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY,IP4,TCP
      tcp4-listen:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RETRY,RANGE,IP4,TCP
      tcp6-connect:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY,IP6,TCP
      tcp6-listen:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RETRY,RANGE,IP6,TCP
      tun[:<ip-addr>/<bits>]	groups=FD,CHR,NAMED,OPEN,INTERFACE
      udp-connect:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,IP4,IP6,UDP
      udp-datagram:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE,IP4,IP6,UDP
      udp-listen:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RANGE,IP4,IP6,UDP
      udp-recv:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE,IP4,IP6,UDP
      udp-recvfrom:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RANGE,IP4,IP6,UDP
      udp-sendto:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,IP4,IP6,UDP
      udp4-connect:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,IP4,UDP
      udp4-datagram:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE,IP4,UDP
      udp4-listen:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RANGE,IP4,UDP
      udp4-recv:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE,IP4,UDP
      udp4-recvfrom:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RANGE,IP4,UDP
      udp4-sendto:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,IP4,UDP
      udp6-connect:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,IP6,UDP
      udp6-datagram:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE,IP6,UDP
      udp6-listen:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RANGE,IP6,UDP
      udp6-recv:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,RANGE,IP6,UDP
      udp6-recvfrom:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RANGE,IP6,UDP
      udp6-sendto:<host>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,IP6,UDP
      unix-client:<filename>	groups=FD,SOCKET,NAMED,RETRY,UNIX
      unix-connect:<filename>	groups=FD,SOCKET,NAMED,RETRY,UNIX
      unix-listen:<filename>	groups=FD,SOCKET,NAMED,LISTEN,CHILD,RETRY,UNIX
      unix-recv:<filename>	groups=FD,SOCKET,NAMED,RETRY,UNIX
      unix-recvfrom:<filename>	groups=FD,SOCKET,NAMED,CHILD,RETRY,UNIX
      unix-sendto:<filename>	groups=FD,SOCKET,NAMED,RETRY,UNIX
      vsock-connect:<cid>:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,CHILD,RETRY
      vsock-listen:<port>	groups=FD,SOCKET,LISTEN,CHILD,RETRY

Updated on: 2022-Nov-16