0005548: Please consider upgrading ncat-w32 to a newer version

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0005548	Kali Linux	Tool Upgrade Request	public	2019-06-15 15:56	2019-06-15 21:37

Reporter	pkreuzt	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	2019.2

Summary	0005548: Please consider upgrading ncat-w32 to a newer version
Description	Ncat-w32 version provided by Kali is 5.59, which is quite old. Newer versions have support for SOCKS5 proxy (enabling use of Tor) and a number of bugfixes.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2019-06-15 15:56	pkreuzt	New Issue
2019-06-15 15:56	pkreuzt	Status	new => assigned
2019-06-15 15:56	pkreuzt	Assigned To	=> sbrun
2019-06-15 21:37	g0tmi1k	Assigned To	sbrun =>
2019-06-15 21:37	g0tmi1k	Status	assigned => closed
2019-06-15 21:37	g0tmi1k	Resolution	open => won't fix
2019-06-15 21:37	g0tmi1k	Note Added: 0010698
2021-05-31 13:37	rhertzog	Category	Tool Upgrade => Tool Upgrade Request

g0tmi1k 2019-06-15 21:37 administrator ~0010698	Ncat (https://nmap.org/ncat/) ~ `If you need a portable version of a newer Ncat release, see the Ncat portable compilation instructions` The latest pre-done binary is `ncat-portable-5.59BETA1.zip` (Source: https://nmap.org/dist/) The `ncat.exe` which comes with `nmap-*-win32.zip` is NOT portable (A single binary)