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Ah yes I like this. Its a good way to test if you have access to both nodes. I guess when I was asking the question I was steering towards "how to test a black box" or probing an external node. The results of doing just that, netcat cannot guarantee.

Patrick McMahon
– Patrick McMahon

2017-06-14 15:58:17 +00:00
Commented Jun 14, 2017 at 15:58
Could you please expand on the IP address 10.12.0.12 ? Why is it used on both computers?

Sopalajo de Arrierez
– Sopalajo de Arrierez

2018-06-18 17:22:28 +00:00
Commented Jun 18, 2018 at 17:22
-k option is not necessary when you are dealing with UDP

YON
– YON

2019-11-13 06:27:17 +00:00
Commented Nov 13, 2019 at 6:27

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