Netcat on Linux

Question

I tried using netcat with the -e option and the following error occurred;

netcat: invalid option -- 'e'
This is nc from the netcat-openbsd package. An alternative nc is available
in the netcat-traditional package.
usage: nc [-46bCDdhjklnrStUuvZz] [-I length] [-i interval] [-O length]
      [-P proxy_username] [-p source_port] [-q seconds] [-s source]
      [-T toskeyword] [-V rtable] [-w timeout] [-X proxy_protocol]
      [-x proxy_address[:port]] [destination] [port]

option -e only works on Kali?

Answer 1

In some operating systems netcat does not have the option -e for security, so in some cases it is necessary to create an alternative to netcat with python, for example.

In addition there are some other options that may work.

Take a look at this article:

https://pen-testing.sans.org/blog/2013/05/06/netcat-without-e-no-problem