Re: [OT] complete newbie. Help please!!

Piero Sartini-3 wrote:

Hello,
I am under the impression that you are on the complete wrong list for your
problem. This list is about NetBeans ( www.netbeans.org ), an IDE mainly used
for developing Java. "NetCat" in this context is just a name for a QA
program.

Your "nc.exe" is refering to netcat, a program available on many operating
systems able to list open and active tcp/ip connections:
-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcat

If you want to learn "hacking".. you have a long, long way to go ;-)
A good starting point is
-> http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

        Piero

Am Samstag, 16. Februar 2008 15:58:01 schrieb dadofriel:
> Hi thanks for your response. It was some install tutorials I had looked at
> said there is a nc.exe file which should be moved to system32. I think it
> was to run it from dos. "c: cd\system32\nc.exe" to change the prompt to
> "netcet>".
> To let you understand I am at uni studying computing and one of my current
> modules is ethical hacking. I had my first class yesterday and thought it
> was amazing so I rushed home to get some of the software myself. So far I
> got wireshark and nmap. I am only using them within my home network so i'm
> trying to hack an old pc I have.
> Part of the class was scanning the network with nmap for open ports then
> using netcat to expliot the open ports hence the reason I was looking for
> netcat.
> Thanks for the advice regarding response to posts I'll check the link out
>
> Brad Mayer wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > 1. Yes, see http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/60/relnotes.html
> >
> > 2. Netcat is not a product, but a sort of test program for upcoming
> > releases of the Netbeans IDE.  The 6.0 Netcat closed 10122007.  What
> > install tutorials are you referring to?
> >
> > 3. What is "nc.exe"?
> >
> > Finally, you will get more and faster response by posting at nbusers, in
> > Nabble http://www.nabble.com/Netbeans---Users-f2605.html
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -Brad Mayer
> >
> > dadofriel wrote:
> >> Hi all I am an absolute beginner and have come across problems already
> >> and I have not even installed netcat. The versions that I am downloading
> >> do not have the nc.exe file which some install tutorials said I should
> >> copy to the system32 folder. I am using win vista.
> >>
> >> I have been searching google now for a while and I can't find the
> >> answers to these questions:
> >> 1. Is there a version which runs on Vista (most are listed
> >> up:confused::confused:to XP only).
> >> 2. Is nc.exe named something else on certain downloads.
> >> 3. Is it easy to run from my CLI.
> >>
> >> I'm sorry for these questiions but I have tried to find the answers
> >> elsewhere with very little success.
> >>
> >> Thanking you in advance.