Socket Statistics on Linux | Linux Today

Socket Statistics on Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 6, 2010

[ Thanks to linuxaria for this link.
]

“Small follow up of my former article on iproute2, in
this article we’ll see some use of the command ss to know more
information about Linux TCP / UDP Network and Socket Information

“ss command is included in iproute2 package and is the
substitute of the command netstat. 

“ss is used to dump socket statistics. It allows showing
information similar to netstat. It can display more TCP and state
informations than other tools.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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