Netcat returns false positive while opening a filtered UDP port

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Netcat returns false positive while opening a filtered UDP port
  • Why netcat behaves differently between RHEL 6 vs RHEL 7 and beyond?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • netcat / nc

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