socat
multipurpose relay for bidirectional data transfer
Command lineInternetNetwork and remote access
Not tested on a device yet. What that means
socat in Breadstick
Breadstick runs Debian's own socat package for ARM64, the build a Debian 13 computer with an ARM processor installs, so socat should behave as it does on a Linux PC. It is a command line program rather than an app with a window of its own: you run it by typing its command in Breadstick's Terminal, or in any terminal window on the Linux desktop, and it needs no Desktop or Floating session running.
Commands in the package
socatfilanprocansocat-broker.shsocat-chain.shsocat-mux.shsocat1
Type one in Breadstick's Terminal to run it.
Network tools use Android's own connection, and a VPN connected in Android covers them too. Anything that needs root, such as capturing traffic or changing the device's network settings, is not available. More in the docs: What Breadstick cannot do: raw network control.
About socat
From Debian's package description
Socat (for SOcket CAT) establishes two bidirectional byte streams and transfers data between them. Data channels may be files, pipes, devices (terminal or modem, etc.), or sockets (Unix, IPv4, IPv6, raw, UDP, TCP, SSL). It provides forking, logging and tracing, different modes for interprocess communication and many more options.
It can be used, for example, as a TCP relay (one-shot or daemon), as an external socksifier, as a shell interface to Unix sockets, as an IPv6 relay, as a netcat and rinetd replacement, to redirect TCP-oriented programs to a serial line, or to establish a relatively secure environment (su and chroot) for running client or server shell scripts inside network connections. Socat supports sctp as of 1.7.0.
From Debian's description of the socat package, under that package's license.
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- NmapThe Network MapperCommand lineTested
Sources and licenses
- Name: the Debian package name.
- Summary: Debian's short description of the socat package, under that package's license.
- Description: Debian's description of the socat package, under that package's license.
- Versions and sizes: Debian's archive for ARM64, as on packages.debian.org.
- Popularity: Debian Popularity Contest counts.
More in About the catalog.