
Netcat was started in the year 1995 and was developed until first months of
the 1996, when it reached release 1.10, released by Avian Research
(avian.org).

The credits for the original design and alpha source code goes to the Avian
Research team, while this development branch (called "The GNU Netcat") have
been started by Johnny Mnemonic, to improve portability, usability and
features provided.

Project official homepage: http://netcat.sourceforge.net.
