Re: NCat tunnel tuncating data?

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 05:16:48PM +0100, Peter Holroyde wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:34 PM, David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 09:55:02AM +0100, Peter Holroyde wrote:
> > > Hi guys, i'm hoping someone can shed some light on this for me...
> > >
> > > I'm using ncat to tunnel a port through to a webservice on a machine
> > using
> > > the command:
> > >
> > > ncat -l 1444 -c "ncat xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 1444 -o log.txt"
> > >
> > > this works great until i try to post a large request down the tunnel, at
> > > which point the log file suddenly stops after 512 characters (and the
> > > request never completes)
> > >
> > > is this a limit in ncat does anybody know? or just a limit to the amount
> > of
> > > data logged?
> > >
> > > the responses are certainly bigger than 512 and come through with no
> > > problems
> >
> > Does it happen only when logging with -o, or always?
>
> It happens with or without -o

Would you try again with version 5.35DC1? I have a feeling this is fixed
already. In the newer version you will have to add the -k option to make
Ncat keep listening.

David Fifield
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