Provided by: conntrack_1.4.5-2_amd64 
NAME
conntrack - command line interface for netfilter connection tracking
SYNOPSIS
conntrack -L [table] [options] [-z]
conntrack -G [table] parameters
conntrack -D [table] parameters
conntrack -I [table] parameters
conntrack -U [table] parameters
conntrack -E [table] [options]
conntrack -F [table]
conntrack -C [table]
conntrack -S
DESCRIPTION
The conntrack utilty provides a full featured userspace interface to the Netfilter connection tracking
system that is intended to replace the old /proc/net/ip_conntrack interface. This tool can be used to
search, list, inspect and maintain the connection tracking subsystem of the Linux kernel.
Using conntrack, you can dump a list of all (or a filtered selection of) currently tracked connections,
delete connections from the state table, and even add new ones.
In addition, you can also monitor connection tracking events, e.g. show an event message (one line) per
newly established connection.
TABLES
The connection tracking subsystem maintains several internal tables:
conntrack:
This is the default table. It contains a list of all currently tracked connections through the
system. If you don't use connection tracking exemptions (NOTRACK iptables target), this means all
connections that go through the system.
expect:
This is the table of expectations. Connection tracking expectations are the mechanism used to
"expect" RELATED connections to existing ones. Expectations are generally used by "connection
tracking helpers" (sometimes called application level gateways [ALGs]) for more complex protocols
such as FTP, SIP or H.323.
dying: This table shows the conntrack entries, that have expired and that have been destroyed by the
connection tracking system itself, or via the conntrack utility.
unconfirmed:
This table shows new entries, that are not yet inserted into the conntrack table. These entries
are attached to packets that are traversing the stack, but did not reach the confirmation point at
the postrouting hook.
The tables "dying" and "unconfirmed" are basically only useful for debugging purposes. Under
normal operation, it is hard to see entries in any of them. There are corner cases, where it is
valid to see entries in the unconfirmed table, eg. when packets that are enqueued via nfqueue, and
the dying table, eg. when conntrackd(8) runs in event reliable mode.
OPTIONS
The options recognized by conntrack can be divided into several different groups.
COMMANDS
These options specify the particular operation to perform. Only one of them can be specified at any
given time.
-L --dump
List connection tracking or expectation table
-G, --get
Search for and show a particular (matching) entry in the given table.
-D, --delete
Delete an entry from the given table.
-I, --create
Create a new entry from the given table.
-U, --update
Update an entry from the given table.
-E, --event
Display a real-time event log.
-F, --flush
Flush the whole given table
-C, --count
Show the table counter.
-S, --stats
Show the in-kernel connection tracking system statistics.
PARAMETERS
-z, --zero
Atomically zero counters after reading them. This option is only valid in combination with the
"-L, --dump" command options.
-o, --output [extended,xml,timestamp,id,ktimestamp,labels]
Display output in a certain format. With the extended output option, this tool displays the layer
3 information. With ktimestamp, it displays the in-kernel timestamp available since 2.6.38 (you
can enable it via the sysctl(8) key net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_timestamp). The labels output
option tells conntrack to show the names of connection tracking labels that might be present.
-e, --event-mask [ALL|NEW|UPDATES|DESTROY][,...]
Set the bitmask of events that are to be generated by the in-kernel ctnetlink event code. Using
this parameter, you can reduce the event messages generated by the kernel to those types to those
that you are actually interested in. This option can only be used in conjunction with "-E,
--event".
-b, --buffer-size value
Set the Netlink socket buffer size in bytes. This option is useful if the command line tool
reports ENOBUFS errors. If you do not pass this option, the default value available at sysctl(8)
key net.core.rmem_default is used. The tool reports this problem if your process is too slow to
handle all the event messages or, in other words, if the amount of events are big enough to
overrun the socket buffer. Note that using a big buffer reduces the chances to hit ENOBUFS,
however, this results in more memory consumption. This option can only be used in conjunction
with "-E, --event".
FILTER PARAMETERS
-s, --src, --orig-src IP_ADDRESS
Match only entries whose source address in the original direction equals the one specified as
argument. Implies "--mask-src" when CIDR notation is used.
-d, --dst, --orig-dst IP_ADDRESS
Match only entries whose destination address in the original direction equals the one specified as
argument. Implies "--mask-dst" when CIDR notation is used.
-r, --reply-src IP_ADDRESS
Match only entries whose source address in the reply direction equals the one specified as
argument.
-q, --reply-dst IP_ADDRESS
Match only entries whose destination address in the reply direction equals the one specified as
argument.
-p, --proto PROTO
Specify layer four (TCP, UDP, ...) protocol.
-f, --family PROTO
Specify layer three (ipv4, ipv6) protocol This option is only required in conjunction with "-L,
--dump". If this option is not passed, the default layer 3 protocol will be IPv4.
-t, --timeout TIMEOUT
Specify the timeout.
-m, --mark MARK[/MASK]
Specify the conntrack mark. Optionally, a mask value can be specified. In "--update" mode, this
mask specifies the bits that should be zeroed before XORing the MARK value into the ctmark.
Otherwise, the mask is logically ANDed with the existing mark before the comparision. In
"--create" mode, the mask is ignored.
-l, --label LABEL
Specify a conntrack label. This option is only available in conjunction with "-L, --dump", "-E,
--event", "-U --update" or "-D --delete". Match entries whose labels match at least those
specified. Use multiple -l commands to specify multiple labels that need to be set. Match
entries whose labels matches at least those specified as arguments.
--label-add LABEL
Specify the conntrack label to add to to the selected conntracks. This option is only available
in conjunction with "-I, --create" or "-U, --update".
--label-del [LABEL]
Specify the conntrack label to delete from the selected conntracks. If no label is given, all
labels are deleted. This option is only available in conjunction with "-U, --update".
-c, --secmark SECMARK
Specify the conntrack selinux security mark.
-u, --status [ASSURED|SEEN_REPLY|FIXED_TIMEOUT|EXPECTED|UNSET][,...]
Specify the conntrack status.
-n, --src-nat
Filter source NAT connections.
-g, --dst-nat
Filter destination NAT connections.
-j, --any-nat
Filter any NAT connections.
-w, --zone
Filter by conntrack zone. See iptables CT target for more information.
--orig-zone
Filter by conntrack zone in original direction. See iptables CT target for more information.
--reply-zone
Filter by conntrack zone in reply direction. See iptables CT target for more information.
--tuple-src IP_ADDRESS
Specify the tuple source address of an expectation. Implies "--mask-src" when CIDR notation is
used.
--tuple-dst IP_ADDRESS
Specify the tuple destination address of an expectation. Implies "--mask-dst" when CIDR notation
is used.
--mask-src IP_ADDRESS
Specify the source address mask. For conntracks this option is only available in conjunction with
"-L, --dump", "-E, --event", "-U --update" or "-D --delete". For expectations this option is only
available in conjunction with "-I, --create".
--mask-dst IP_ADDRESS
Specify the destination address mask. Same limitations as for "--mask-src".
PROTOCOL FILTER PARAMETERS
TCP-specific fields:
--sport, --orig-port-src PORT
Source port in original direction
--dport, --orig-port-dst PORT
Destination port in original direction
--reply-port-src PORT
Source port in reply direction
--reply-port-dst PORT
Destination port in reply direction
--state state
TCP state, one of NONE, SYN_SENT, SYN_RECV, ESTABLISHED, FIN_WAIT, CLOSE_WAIT, LAST_ACK,
TIME_WAIT, CLOSE or LISTEN.
UDP-specific fields:
--sport, --orig-port-src PORT
Source port in original direction
--dport, --orig-port-dst PORT
Destination port in original direction
--reply-port-src PORT
Source port in reply direction
--reply-port-dst PORT
Destination port in reply direction
ICMP-specific fields:
--icmp-type TYPE
ICMP Type. Has to be specified numerically.
--icmp-code CODE
ICMP Code. Has to be specified numerically.
--icmp-id ID
ICMP Id. Has to be specified numerically (non-mandatory)
UDPlite-specific fields:
--sport, --orig-port-src PORT
Source port in original direction
--dport, --orig-port-dst PORT
Destination port in original direction
--reply-port-src PORT
Source port in reply direction
--reply-port-dst PORT
Destination port in reply direction
SCTP-specific fields:
--sport, --orig-port-src PORT
Source port in original direction
--dport, --orig-port-dst PORT
Destination port in original direction
--reply-port-src PORT
Source port in reply direction
--reply-port-dst PORT
Destination port in reply direction
--state state
SCTP state, one of NONE, CLOSED, COOKIE_WAIT, COOKIE_ECHOED, ESTABLISHED, SHUTDOWN_SENT,
SHUTDOWN_RECD, SHUTDOWN_ACK_SENT.
--orig-vtag value
Verification tag (32-bits value) in the original direction
--reply-vtag value
Verification tag (32-bits value) in the reply direction
DCCP-specific fields (needs Linux >= 2.6.30):
--sport, --orig-port-src PORT
Source port in original direction
--dport, --orig-port-dst PORT
Destination port in original direction
--reply-port-src PORT
Source port in reply direction
--reply-port-dst PORT
Destination port in reply direction
--state state
DCCP state, one of NONE, REQUEST, RESPOND, PARTOPEN, OPEN, CLOSEREQ, CLOSING, TIMEWAIT.
--role [client|server]
Role that the original conntrack tuple is tracking
GRE-specific fields:
--srckey, --orig-key-src KEY
Source key in original direction (in hexadecimal or decimal)
--dstkey, --orig-key-dst KEY
Destination key in original direction (in hexadecimal or decimal)
--reply-key-src KEY
Source key in reply direction (in hexadecimal or decimal)
--reply-key-dst KEY
Destination key in reply direction (in hexadecimal or decimal)
DIAGNOSTICS
The exit code is 0 for correct function. Errors which appear to be caused by invalid command line
parameters cause an exit code of 2. Any other errors cause an exit code of 1.
EXAMPLES
conntrack -L
Show the connection tracking table in /proc/net/ip_conntrack format
conntrack -L -o extended
Show the connection tracking table in /proc/net/nf_conntrack format, with additional information.
conntrack -L -o xml
Show the connection tracking table in XML
conntrack -L -f ipv6 -o extended
Only dump IPv6 connections in /proc/net/nf_conntrack format, with additional information.
conntrack -L --src-nat
Show source NAT connections
conntrack -E -o timestamp
Show connection events together with the timestamp
conntrack -D -s 1.2.3.4
Delete all flow whose source address is 1.2.3.4
conntrack -U -s 1.2.3.4 -m 1
Set connmark to 1 of all the flows whose source address is 1.2.3.4
BUGS
Please, report them to netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org or file a bug in Netfilter's bugzilla
(https://bugzilla.netfilter.org).
SEE ALSO
nftables(8),iptables(8),conntrackd(8)
See http://conntrack-tools.netfilter.org
AUTHORS
Jay Schulist, Patrick McHardy, Harald Welte and Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote the kernel-level "ctnetlink"
interface that is used by the conntrack tool.
Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote and maintain the conntrack tool, Harald Welte added support for conntrack based
accounting counters.
Man page written by Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> and Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>.
Sep 26, 2017 CONNTRACK(8)