1. Release Notes for Oracle Linux 8.10
  2. New Features and Changes
  3. Networking

Networking

The following features, enhancements, and changes related to networking are introduced in this Oracle Linux 8 release.

ss utility Improved Visibility of TCP Bound-Inactive Sockets

The socket services ss utility now supports kernel dumps of TCP bound-inactive sockets. TCP bound-inactive sockets are attached to an IP address and a port number but neither connected nor listening on TCP ports.

To dump all sockets including TCP bound-inactive use the following command: 
ss --all
To dump only bound-inactive sockets use the following command: 
ss --bound-inactive