Date: 2025-01-31 Updated: 2025-03-09

How to get files and content over NEX protocol

Check any plain text file just with netcat is the most simple option.

; echo /path/filename.txt | nc example.com 1900

or pipe it into viewer/pager for example less

; echo /path/filename | nc example.com 1900 | less

Get any file (jpg, mp3, pdf, whatever)

; echo /path/filename.pdf | nc example.com 1900 > nameofsavedfile.pdf

Do the same inside telnet or netcat session
; telnet example.com 1900
  /path/filename

Using web proxy at http://portal.mozz.us
Using some broken NEX browser ;/

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