> Basically I want an API where I can torture an EC2 instance to see what happens to it, for science! # cat > dropme.sh <<'EOFILE' #!/bin/sh set -eu re

> Basically I want an API where I can torture an EC2 instance to see what happens to it, for science! # cat > dropme.sh <<'EOFILE' #!/bin/sh set -eu read -r SLEEP tmp=`mktemp` ; tmp6=`mktemp` iptables-save > $tmp ip6tables-save > $tmp6 for t in iptables ip6tables ; do for c in INPUT OUTPUT FORWARD ; do $t -P $c DROP ; done $t -t nat -F ; $t -t mangle -F ; $t -F ; $t -X done sleep "$SLEEP" iptables-restore < $tmp ip6tables-restore < $tmp6 rm -f $tmp $tmp6 EOFILE # chmod 755 dropme.sh # ncat -k -l -c ./dropme.sh $(ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}') 12345 & # echo "60" | ncat -v $(ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}') 12345 If you're lucky the existing connections won't even die, but the box will be offline for 60 seconds.