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diff --git a/gnu/packages/system.scm b/gnu/packages/system.scm
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+++ b/gnu/packages/system.scm
@@ -314,3 +314,26 @@ files, which contain information about the IANA-assigned port, protocol, and
ONC RPC numbers")
(home-page "http://packages.debian.org/sid/netbase")
(license gpl2)))
+
+(define-public netcat
+ (package
+ (name "netcat")
+ (version "0.7.1")
+ (source (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/netcat/netcat-"
+ version ".tar.bz2"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1frjcdkhkpzk0f84hx6hmw5l0ynpmji8vcbaxg8h5k2svyxz0nmm"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (home-page "http://netcat.sourceforge.net")
+ (synopsis "Read and write data over TCP/IP")
+ (description
+ "Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data
+across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed to be a
+reliable \"back-end\" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other
+programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging
+and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you
+would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities.")
+ (license gpl2+)))