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stunnel

make a SSL proxy for an insecure server

hping3

make any TCP packet

wget

download files

aria2c

a fancier wget

rsync

sync files over SSH or locally

lsof

what ports are being used?

httpie

like curl but friendlier

iftop/nethogs/ntop/iptraf/nload

see what’s using bandwidth

whois

is this domain registered?

ipcalc

easily see what 13.21.2.3/25 means

python3 -m http.server

serve files from a directory

nftables

new version of iptables

zenmap

GUI for nmap

p0f

identify OS of hosts connecting to you

openVPN, wireguard

VPNs

tcpflow

capture and assemble TCP streams

sysctl

configure Linux kernel’s network stack

ab/iperf

benchmarking tools

a browser in your terminal

telnet

can help debug text network protocols

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