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Netcat6 is a total rewrite of netcat, with several advantages:
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* It fully supports IPv6.
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* It is far more efficient, utilizing flexible buffering and minimal (or
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no) data copying or analysis.
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* The source is well structured, documented and very easy to follow. One of
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the main objectives of netcat6 is to produce an excellent example of AF
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independent networking and efficient data transfer. The code has minimal
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dependency on the address family or protocol type and can be trivially
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extended to talk many layer 3 protocols.
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* Greatly improved configuration and platform independence.
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* Can support servers or clients that use TCP half-close.
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Some features of the original netcat are not present in netcat6, either because
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they haven't yet been implemented or because there exists better tools for the
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job. See the TODO file included in the netcat6 package for more information.
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