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23 .Nd drop TCP connections
36 command may be used to drop TCP connections from the command line.
42 will attempt to drop all active connections.
45 flag may be given to list the tcpdrop invocation to drop all active
46 connections one at a time.
50 is not specified then only the connection between the given local
55 and the foreign address
61 Addresses and ports may be specified by name or numeric value.
62 Both IPv4 and IPv6 address formats are supported.
64 The addresses and ports may be separated by periods or colons
71 is causing congestion on a network link, one can drop the TCP session
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74 # sockstat -c | grep httpd
75 www httpd 16525 3 tcp4 \e
76 192.168.5.41:80 192.168.5.1:26747
79 The following command will drop the connection:
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81 # tcpdrop 192.168.5.41 80 192.168.5.1 26747
84 The following command will drop all connections but those to or from
85 port 22, the port used by
87 .Bd -literal -offset indent
88 # tcpdrop -l -a | grep -vw 22 | sh
94 .An Markus Friedl Aq Mt markus@openbsd.org
95 .An Juli Mallett Aq Mt jmallett@FreeBSD.org