libcli with nc

[mouneshb]

Can we make libcli to work with 'nc - netcat ' ? I tried connecting with nc, it connects but output is not displayed.

[RobSanders]

It can, mostly, but you need to ensure you are using CRLF as the terminators and disable line buffering. From linux this works to talk to the clitest program.

stty_orig=ssty -g ; stty -echo -icanon ; nc localhost 8000; stty $stty_orig

Not sure of the windows equivalent.

[RobSanders]

The above keeps a copy of the existing terminal characteristics, disables local echo and special character processing (and ensures chars are sent one at a time instead of line at a time), then invokes netcat with telnet prompts and CRLF line terminators, and finally restores the terminal settings when done.

[pengtianabc]

use socat:
socat -,rawer TCP:127.0.0.1:8000