Bug#486127: ITP: sock -- make a customized traffic over network

[Laurent Fousse <laurent@komite.net>]

Hello,

* Joao Eriberto Mota Filho [Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:05:14PM -0300]:
> * Package name    : sock
>   Version         : 0.3
>   Upstream Author : Willian Richard Stevens, Mike Borella and Christian Kreibich.
> * URL             : http://www.icir.org/christian/sock.html
> * License         : Specific (non-free)
>   Description     : make a customized traffic over network
> 
> Network program written by William Richard Stevens and used in exemples in his
> book called "TCP/IP Illustrated - Volume I".

Is there some benefit of "sock" over socat (which is free)?

Laurent.