• Cryptography
  • CryptCat – Netcat + Encryption

    CryptCat is a simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using TCP or UDP protocol while encrypting the data being transmitted. It is designed to be a reliable “back-end” tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities.
    Cryptcat – is a lightweight version of netcat extended with twofish encryption.

    root@kali:~# cryptcat -h
    [v1.10]
    connect to somewhere:   nc [-options] hostname port[s] [ports] ...
    listen for inbound: nc -l -p port [-options] [hostname] [port]
    options:
        -g gateway      source-routing hop point[s], up to 8
        -G num          source-routing pointer: 4, 8, 12, ...
        -h          this cruft
        -i secs         delay interval for lines sent, ports scanned
        -l          listen mode, for inbound connects
        -n          numeric-only IP addresses, no DNS
        -o file         hex dump of traffic
        -p port         local port number
        -r          randomize local and remote ports
        -s addr         local source address
        -u          UDP mode
        -v          verbose [use twice to be more verbose]
        -w secs         timeout for connects and final net reads
        -z          zero-I/O mode [used for scanning]
    port numbers can be individual or ranges: lo-hi [inclusive]
    

     
     
    Cryptcat usage:
    On the server, listen for a connection (-l) on port 4444 (-p 4444) and don’t do name resolution (-n). Redirect all data to a file (> dataxfer). On the client, connect to the remote IP address (192.168.1.202) on port 4444 (4444) and pipe in the data to be transferred (< /tmp/juicyinfo):
     

    root@kali:~# cryptcat -l -p 4444 -n > dataxfer
    root@kali:~# cryptcat 192.168.1.202 4444 < /tmp/juicyinfo

     
    Source: http://cryptcat.sourceforge.net/

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