Can the telnet or netcat clients communicate over SSL?
Problem
I would like to test client connections with IMAP over SSL, HTTPS, and other secure text-based Internet protocols over SSL/TLS, the same way I would using telnet or netcat if they were not tunneled over a secure protocol. Is there a way to get telnet or netcat to go through SSL/TLS such as with a pipe or alternate program?
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Fix for: Can the telnet or netcat clients communicate over SSL?
There is no Telnet/Netcat client – they are two separate programs, and there exist at least 10 different Telnet clients and at least 6 different Netcat versions (original netcat, GNU netcat, OpenBSD netcat, nmap's ncat; forgot the rest). The preferred tools come from TLS libraries themselves. They might be a bit verbose, though. GnuTLS has a TLS client tool on Linux: Use for STARTTLS; you will need to manually enter the necessary protocol commands and press CtrlD when ready. Supports IPv6, vali…
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