[Techtalk] Re: kicking unwanted users off the network
Tracey Clark
grrliegeek at elenari.net
Mon Jan 15 14:32:15 UTC 2007
The words below were brought to you by Carla Schroder->
> Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:
> > hey all, I remember once upon a time there was a simple way to
> > boot users off the network, as long as you knew their IP address.
> > But I forgot, and my google-fu is failing me- what ways are there
> > to punt off unwanted users?
(snip)
> That works fine, mwahaahaa. It's not the one I remember, though, which was
> a single command. I think I was a reading a TCP/IP book. arrggh old
>memory arggh arggh
So I had to go looking to see if I could find how to do this.
My books are at home, so I tried Google-fu.
The command I think you're looking for is tcpkill.
http://tinyurl.com/ygfuqs
While searching I also found this open source tool which kills network
traffic you specify:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/cutting-the-tcpip-network-connection-with-cutter.html
--
Tracey C
Linux Counter #264789
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection which is
noblest second, by imitation, which is the easiest and third, by
experience, which is the bitterest. - Confucius
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