complete newbie. Help please!!

[dadofriel]

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 upto 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.

[Brad Mayer]

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 upto 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.

[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


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 upto 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.

[Piero Sartini-3]

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.

[dadofriel]

Thanks for the advice.
You have certainly cleared a few things up for me.
The links you provided are superb.
I will promptly pack my things and be gone.
Thanks very much for your time.

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.