The Mac and most distributions of Linux come with netcat built in. The Mac distribution is known as nc. You can run a super-quick port scan of another host without installing any third party tools. I’ve been using stroke to run my port scans for a long time. I am a fool. Netcat’s better. Don’t be like me. Use nc: /usr/bin/nc -z 10.10.10.10 1-100000
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Snow Leopard & networksetup (802.1x + Locations)
One of the best new features of the Snow Leopard command line, for those of us who need to do automation at least, is the addition of a few new options in networksetup. That’s why I did a little write-up on the new options at afp548.com. Check it out here!