---
name: "rst"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "bro-aux"
version: "0.42-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rst"
---

# rst(8)

terminate an established TCP connection

## NAME

rst - terminate an established TCP connection

## SYNOPSIS

**rst** \[ **-R** \] \[ **-I text-to-inject** *\]*\
 \[ **-i** *interface* \]\
 \[ **-d** *delay-msec* \]\
 \[ **-n** *num* \]\
 \[ **-r** *redundancy* \]\
 \[ **-s** *stride* \]\
 from\_addr from\_port from\_seq to\_addr to\_port to\_seq

## DESCRIPTION

The **rst** utility can be invoked by a Bro script to terminate an established TCP connection by forging RST tear-down packets.

## AUTHOR

**rst** was written by The Bro Project \<info@bro.org\>.

This manual page was written by Raúl Benencia \<rul@kalgan.cc\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).