Subject: Re: Adding new programs, like tcpdrop (was: CVS commit: src/usr.sbin)
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/28/2007 02:30:09
In article <f9f131740706271847w4cd5ea8ek882ed63d1a33881b@mail.gmail.com>,
Daniel C. Sinclair <daniel.c.sinclair@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 6/26/07, Geert Hendrickx <ghen@telenet.be> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 09:22:32PM +0300, Antti Kantee wrote:
>> > I agree on its usefulness.  I have a use for it immediately in testing.
>> > Not that I couldn't to it otherwise, but tcpdrop surely makes it more
>> > practical.
>>
>> Seconded.  I'd like to see it in NetBSD 4.0, or 3.2 even.
>
>Something I'd like to see added to NetBSD is netcat (nc).  Both Open
>and Free have had it for a while.  It's one of the most useful network
>tools and is as fundamental as 'cat'.  Please, someone add it for 4.0!

atatat has a version in the works.

christos