.\" $OpenBSD: tcpdrop.8,v 1.5 2004/05/24 13:57:31 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Juli Mallett .\" Copyright (c) 2004 Markus Friedl .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd September 15, 2017 .Dt TCPDROP 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm tcpdrop .Nd drop TCP connections .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm tcpdrop .Ar local-address .Ar local-port .Ar foreign-address .Ar foreign-port .Nm tcpdrop .Op Fl l .Fl a .Nm tcpdrop .Op Fl l .Fl S Ar stack .Nm tcpdrop .Op Fl l .Fl s Ar state .Nm tcpdrop .Op Fl l .Fl S Ar stack .Fl s Ar state .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm command may be used to drop TCP connections from the command line. .Pp If .Fl a is specified then .Nm will attempt to drop all TCP connections. .Pp If .Fl S Ar stack is specified then .Nm will attempt to drop all connections using the TCP stack .Ar stack . .Pp If .Fl s Ar state is specified then .Nm will attempt to drop all TCP connections being in the state .Ar state . .Ar state is one of .Dv SYN_SENT , .Dv SYN_RCVD , .Dv ESTABLISHED , .Dv CLOSE_WAIT , .Dv FIN_WAIT_1 , .Dv CLOSING , .Dv LAST_ACK , .Dv FIN_WAIT_2 , or .Dv TIME_WAIT . .Pp If .Fl S Ar stack and .Fl s Ar state are specified, .Nm will attempt to drop all TCP connections being in the state .Ar state and using the TCP stack .Ar stack . Since TCP connections in the .Dv TIME_WAIT state are not tied to any TCP stack, using the option .Fl s Dv TIME_WAIT in combination with the .Fl S Ar stack option results in .Nm not dropping any TCP connection. .Pp The .Fl l flag may be given in addition to the .Fl a , .Fl S , or .Fl s options to list the tcpdrop invocation to drop all corresponding TCP connections one at a time. .Pp If none of the .Fl a , .Fl S , or .Fl s options are specified then only the connection between the given local address .Ar local-address , port .Ar local-port , and the foreign address .Ar foreign-address , port .Ar foreign-port , will be dropped. .Pp Addresses and ports may be specified by name or numeric value. Both IPv4 and IPv6 address formats are supported. .Pp The addresses and ports may be separated by periods or colons instead of spaces. .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std .Sh EXAMPLES If a connection to .Xr httpd 8 is causing congestion on a network link, one can drop the TCP session in charge: .Bd -literal -offset indent # sockstat -c | grep httpd www httpd 16525 3 tcp4 \e 192.168.5.41:80 192.168.5.1:26747 .Ed .Pp The following command will drop the connection: .Bd -literal -offset indent # tcpdrop 192.168.5.41 80 192.168.5.1 26747 .Ed .Pp The following command will drop all connections but those to or from port 22, the port used by .Xr sshd 8 : .Bd -literal -offset indent # tcpdrop -l -a | grep -vw 22 | sh .Ed .Pp The following command will drop all connections using the TCP stack fastack: .Bd -literal -offset indent # tcpdrop -S fastack .Ed .Pp To drop all TCP connections in the LAST_ACK state use: .Bd -literal -offset indent # tcpdrop -s LAST_ACK .Ed .Pp To drop all TCP connections using the TCP stack fastack and being in the LAST_ACK state use: .Bd -literal -offset indent # tcpdrop -S fastack -s LAST_ACK .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr netstat 1 , .Xr sockstat 1 , .Xr tcp 4 , .Xr tcp_functions 9 .Sh AUTHORS .An Markus Friedl Aq Mt markus@openbsd.org .An Juli Mallett Aq Mt jmallett@FreeBSD.org