tcpdrop(8)

NAME

tcpdrop - drop a TCP connection

SYNOPSIS

tcpdrop laddr lport faddr fport

DESCRIPTION

The tcpdrop command drops the TCP connection specified by

the local
address laddr, port lport and the foreign address faddr,

port fport.
Addresses and ports can be specified by name or numeric val

ue.

EXIT STATUS EXAMPLES

If a connection to httpd(8) (ports/www/apache2) is causing

congestion on
a network link, one can drop the TCP session in charge:

# sockstat -c | grep httpd
www httpd 16525 3 tcp4

192.168.5.41:80 192.168.5.1:26747

The following command will drop the connection:

# tcpdrop 192.168.5.41 80 192.168.5.1 26747

SEE ALSO

netstat(1), sockstat(1)

AUTHORS

Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org>

BSD March 21, 2004

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