> > > Hello all,
> > >    The attached patches are a port of tcpdrop functionality/program
> > > originally from openbsd.
> > > It can be used to kill tcp connections graciously. comments ?
> > 
> > is it appropriate to use sysctl for this kind of things?
> > i don't think so.
> > 
> > (no opinions about the functionality itself.)
> 
> In your opinion ioctl is a better way to accomplish the same ?
> 
> dheeraj

yes.  i'm not sure if it's the best, tho.

YAMAMOTO Takashi