pivot_stop_tunnel

What pivot_stop_tunnel does on Zebbern Kali MCP

AI agents invoke pivot_stop_tunnel to trigger actions in Zebbern Kali MCP. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.

Why pivot_stop_tunnel is rated High

This tool executes a command to terminate a network tunnel, which is an active operation with real-world effects on the infrastructure. It is not merely reading data (Read), nor is it creating/modifying data reversibly in a simple way (Write). While it could be considered destructive in that it tears down a connection, the primary action is execution/triggering of a system operation.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'pivot_stop_tunnel' indicates it stops (terminates) a running tunnel. The sibling tools are all penetration testing functions (asreproast, bloodhound, kerberoast, psexec, etc.), and this server provides 'direct access to a comprehensive Kali Linux…

The rule that runs pivot_stop_tunnel safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Zebbern Kali MCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For pivot_stop_tunnel, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "pivot_stop_tunnel": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "pivot_stop_tunnel_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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