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date: 2021-06-18 23:38:43
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tags:
- Networking
title: Forward Packets with Socat
---

I've written about relaying TCP traffic using [SSH port forwarding](/blog/sshlocalportforwarding/). Though sometimes you don't require the authenticity and encryption of SSH or want to use another protocol such as UDP. That's where `socat` comes in.

The following will listen to TCP traffic on port 8001 and redirect it to TCP localhost:8000

```bash
socat tcp-listen:8001,reuseaddr,fork tcp:localhost:8000
```

This will listen UDP on port 4009 and forward it to UDP localhost:4010

```bash
socat udp-listen:4009,reuseaddr,fork udp:localhost:4010
```
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			`tags:`
			`- Networking`
			`title: Forward Packets with Socat`
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			`The following will listen to TCP traffic on port 8001 and redirect it to TCP localhost:8000`

			```bash
			`socat tcp-listen:8001,reuseaddr,fork tcp:localhost:8000`
			```

			`This will listen UDP on port 4009 and forward it to UDP localhost:4010`

			```bash
			`socat udp-listen:4009,reuseaddr,fork udp:localhost:4010`
			```