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Clarify a CHANGELOG entry: Ncat connect mode only makes sockets blocking

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before handing them off to --exec or --sh-exec.
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@ -312,11 +312,12 @@ o Updated nmap-mac-prefixes with the latest MAC address prefix data
from http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt as of
5/20/09. [Fyodor]
o Ncat now uses a blocking socket in connect mode to resolve a failure
where the command "ncat --exec /usr/bin/yes localhost" would stop
sending because yes would send data so quickly that kernel send
buffers could not keep up and socket writes would start generating
EAGAIN errors. [Venkat]
o Ncat now makes sockets blocking before handing them off to another
program with --exec or --sh-exec. This is to resolve a failure where
the command "ncat --exec /usr/bin/yes localhost" would stop sending
because yes would send data so quickly that kernel send buffers
could not keep up and socket writes would start generating EAGAIN
errors. [Venkat]
o Ncat now ignores SIGPIPE in listen mode. This fixes the command
"yes | ncat -l --keep-open --send-only", which was failing after the