10 examples of Linux ss command to monitor network connections

[securitybreach]

I just ran across this tutorial and thought you all would find it useful:

ss - socket statistics

In a previous tutorial we saw how to use the netstat command to get statistics on network/socket connections. However the netstat command has long been deprecated and replaced by the ss command from the iproute suite of tools.

 

The ss command is capable of showing more information than the netstat and is faster. The netstat command reads various /proc files to gather information. However this approach falls weak when there are lots of connections to display. This makes it slower.

 

The ss command gets its information directly from kernel space. The options used with the ss commands are very similar to netstat making it an easy replacement. So in this tutorial we are going to see few examples of how to use the ss command to check the network connections and socket statistics.....

http://www.binarytid...nux-ss-command/

[V.T. Eric Layton]

See! This is the kind of stuff you should be posting about on your blog, techie dude.

[securitybreach]

True... I have to fix it though as it was recently broken. I will fix it soon.....

[V.T. Eric Layton]

You broke your blog? I didn't know that was possible. Were you one of those kids who managed to even break Tonka toys?

[securitybreach]

Nah, something changed in Apache 2.4.7 and I need to fix the server.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Ah... that's why I'm getting OpenDNS "cannot connect" warnings, huh?

[securitybreach]

Yeah, it should now show:

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Yup. That's what it says.