Questions tagged [echoserver]

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echo server with netcat or socat

I want a UDP echo server to get packets, and reply exactly what it has received. How can I simply do this using netcat or socat? It should stay alive forever and handle packets coming from several hosts.
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Is there an echo server I can use to test my programs?

I'm writing a simple client to ping a server with a packet on port 7 (echo) and then waiting for a reply. Is there a server that I can use to test this?
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Hosting a echoServer

in a previous question, i made the conclusion that i will need something like gotomypc or logmein, but self hosting the echo server. Is it a good idea ? Any experience of this ? I'm looking for something who run on linux. ( Distant Access without…