Fun fact, these days, (GNU) tar can call home if there's a ":" in the filename:

https://gist.github.com/timb-machine/3d2adc4b4d604c70cfdc4d7e90ad828c

#linux, #redteam

Remote tar :(

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@timb_machine it's been like that for at least a decade, I remember getting really confused by this when I put timestamps in tar file names
@timb_machine "what could possibly go wrong?"
@timb_machine
It seems to have been there since 1992!
@timb_machine to avoid this behavior, specify ./file:...