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* Create a web proxy

mkfifo proxypipe

while true; do nc -l 5000 0<proxypipe | nc www.google.com 80 1> proxypipe; done

You can access Google by

http://127.0.0.1:5000.

* Create an SSL proxy

mkfifo proxypipe

mkfifo proxypipe2

nc -l 5000 -k > proxypipe < proxypipe2 &

while true; do openssl s_client -connect www.google.com:443 -quiet < proxypipe > proxypipe2; done

*Stream a video file

On server:

cat video.avi | nc -l 5000

On Client:

nc 192.168.233.208 5000 | mplayer -vo x11 -cache 3000 -