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bin/38353: unprivileged network programming from shell is not possible in base system



>Number:         38353
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       unprivileged network programming from shell is not possible in 
>base system
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr 01 12:30:00 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Marc Vertes
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.51
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The only generic way to access the TCP network from the shell in the bare 
system (no pkgsrc) is to use mount_portal(8) which is still tagged as 
experimental, does not provide UDP, and requires root priviledge to be mounted.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
add netcat (/bin/nc) from openbsd or freebsd to the base system.



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