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-rw-r--r--src/usr.bin/nc/nc.119
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/usr.bin/nc/nc.1 b/src/usr.bin/nc/nc.1
index d249aa18b1..75d1437580 100644
--- a/src/usr.bin/nc/nc.1
+++ b/src/usr.bin/nc/nc.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
1.\" $OpenBSD: nc.1,v 1.59 2011/10/04 08:34:34 fgsch Exp $ 1.\" $OpenBSD: nc.1,v 1.60 2012/02/07 12:11:43 lum Exp $
2.\" 2.\"
3.\" Copyright (c) 1996 David Sacerdote 3.\" Copyright (c) 1996 David Sacerdote
4.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
25.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 25.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
26.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 26.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
27.\" 27.\"
28.Dd $Mdocdate: October 4 2011 $ 28.Dd $Mdocdate: February 7 2012 $
29.Dt NC 1 29.Dt NC 1
30.Os 30.Os
31.Sh NAME 31.Sh NAME
@@ -449,8 +449,15 @@ Original implementation by *Hobbit*
449Rewritten with IPv6 support by 449Rewritten with IPv6 support by
450.An Eric Jackson Aq ericj@monkey.org . 450.An Eric Jackson Aq ericj@monkey.org .
451.Sh CAVEATS 451.Sh CAVEATS
452UDP port scans will always succeed 452UDP port scans using the
453(i.e. report the port as open),
454rendering the
455.Fl uz 453.Fl uz
456combination of flags relatively useless. 454combination of flags will always report success irrespective of
455the target machine's state.
456However,
457in conjunction with a traffic sniffer either on the target machine
458or an intermediary device,
459the
460.Fl uz
461combination could be useful for communications diagnostics.
462Note that the amount of UDP traffic generated may be limited either
463due to hardware resources and/or configuration settings.