Protocol Numbers
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Assigned Internet Protocol Numbers
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Registration Procedures
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- [ RFC5237] Note
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In the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) [RFC791] there is a field called "Protocol" to identify the next level protocol. This is an 8 bit field. In Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) [RFC1883], this field is called the "Next Header" field.
Decimal | Keyword | Protocol | Reference |
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0 | HOPOPT | IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Option | [RFC1883] |
1 | ICMP | Internet Control Message | [RFC792] |
2 | IGMP | Internet Group Management | [RFC1112] |
3 | GGP | Gateway-to-Gateway | [RFC823] |
4 | IPv4 | IPv4 encapsulation | [RFC2003] |
5 | ST | Stream | [RFC1190][RFC1819] |
6 | TCP | Transmission Control | [RFC793] |
7 | CBT | CBT | [Tony_Ballardie] |
8 | EGP | Exterior Gateway Protocol | [RFC888][David_Mills] |
9 | IGP | any private interior gateway (used by Cisco for their IGRP) | [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] |
10 | BBN-RCC-MON | BBN RCC Monitoring | [Steve_Chipman] |
11 | NVP-II | Network Voice Protocol | [RFC741][Steve_Casner] |
12 | PUP | PUP | [Boggs, D., J. Shoch, E. Taft, and R. Metcalfe, "PUP: An Internetwork Architecture", XEROX Palo Alto Research Center, CSL-79-10, July 1979; also in IEEE Transactions on Communication, Volume COM-28, Number 4, April 1980.][[XEROX]] |
13 | ARGUS | ARGUS | [Robert_W_Scheifler] |
14 | EMCON | EMCON | [<mystery contact>] |
15 | XNET | Cross Net Debugger | [Haverty, J., "XNET Formats for Internet Protocol Version 4", IEN 158, October 1980.][Jack_Haverty] |
16 | CHAOS | Chaos | [J_Noel_Chiappa] |
17 | UDP | User Datagram | [RFC768][Jon_Postel] |
18 | MUX | Multiplexing | [Cohen, D. and J. Postel, "Multiplexing Protocol", IEN 90, USC/Information Sciences Institute, May 1979.][Jon_Postel] |
19 | DCN-MEAS | DCN Measurement Subsystems | [David_Mills] |
20 | HMP | Host Monitoring | [RFC869][Robert_Hinden] |
21 | PRM | Packet Radio Measurement | [Zaw_Sing_Su] |
22 | XNS-IDP | XEROX NS IDP | ["The Ethernet, A Local Area Network: Data Link Layer and Physical Layer Specification", AA-K759B-TK, Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA. Also as: "The Ethernet - A Local Area Network", Version 1.0, Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel Corporation, Xerox Corporation, September 1980. And: "The Ethernet, A Local Area Network: Data Link Layer and Physical Layer Specifications", Digital, Intel and Xerox, November 1982. And: XEROX, "The Ethernet, A Local Area Network: Data Link Layer and Physical Layer Specification", X3T51/80-50, Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT., October 1980.][[XEROX]] |
23 | TRUNK-1 | Trunk-1 | [Barry_Boehm] |
24 | TRUNK-2 | Trunk-2 | [Barry_Boehm] |
25 | LEAF-1 | Leaf-1 | [Barry_Boehm] |
26 | LEAF-2 | Leaf-2 | [Barry_Boehm] |
27 | RDP | Reliable Data Protocol | [RFC908][Robert_Hinden] |
28 | IRTP | Internet Reliable Transaction | [RFC938][Trudy_Miller] |
29 | ISO-TP4 | ISO Transport Protocol Class 4 | [RFC905][<mystery contact>] |
30 | NETBLT | Bulk Data Transfer Protocol | [RFC969][David_Clark] |
31 | MFE-NSP | MFE Network Services Protocol | [Shuttleworth, B., "A Documentary of MFENet, a National Computer Network", UCRL-52317, Lawrence Livermore Labs, Livermore, California, June 1977.][Barry_Howard] |
32 | MERIT-INP | MERIT Internodal Protocol | [Hans_Werner_Braun] |
33 | DCCP | Datagram Congestion Control Protocol | [RFC4340] |
34 | 3PC | Third Party Connect Protocol | [Stuart_A_Friedberg] |
35 | IDPR | Inter-Domain Policy Routing Protocol | [Martha_Steenstrup] |
36 | XTP | XTP | [Greg_Chesson] |
37 | DDP | Datagram Delivery Protocol | [Wesley_Craig] |
38 | IDPR-CMTP | IDPR Control Message Transport Proto | [Martha_Steenstrup] |
39 | TP++ | TP++ Transport Protocol | [Dirk_Fromhein] |
40 | IL | IL Transport Protocol | [Dave_Presotto] |
41 | IPv6 | IPv6 encapsulation | [RFC2473] |
42 | SDRP | Source Demand Routing Protocol | [Deborah_Estrin] |
43 | IPv6-Route | Routing Header for IPv6 | [Steve_Deering] |
44 | IPv6-Frag | Fragment Header for IPv6 | [Steve_Deering] |
45 | IDRP | Inter-Domain Routing Protocol | [Sue_Hares] |
46 | RSVP | Reservation Protocol | [Bob_Braden] |
47 | GRE | General Routing Encapsulation | [Tony_Li] |
48 | DSR | Dynamic Source Routing Protocol | [RFC4728] |
49 | BNA | BNA | [Gary Salamon] |
50 | ESP | Encap Security Payload | [RFC4303] |
51 | AH | Authentication Header | [RFC4302] |
52 | I-NLSP | Integrated Net Layer Security TUBA | [K_Robert_Glenn] |
53 | SWIPE | IP with Encryption | [John_Ioannidis] |
54 | NARP | NBMA Address Resolution Protocol | [RFC1735] |
55 | MOBILE | IP Mobility | [Charlie_Perkins] |
56 | TLSP | Transport Layer Security Protocol using Kryptonet key management | [Christer_Oberg] |
57 | SKIP | SKIP | [Tom_Markson] |
58 | IPv6-ICMP | ICMP for IPv6 | [RFC1883] |
59 | IPv6-NoNxt | No Next Header for IPv6 | [RFC1883] |
60 | IPv6-Opts | Destination Options for IPv6 | [RFC1883] |
61 | any host internal protocol | [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] | |
62 | CFTP | CFTP | [Forsdick, H., "CFTP", Network Message, Bolt Beranek and Newman, January 1982.][Harry_Forsdick] |
63 | any local network | [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] | |
64 | SAT-EXPAK | SATNET and Backroom EXPAK | [Steven_Blumenthal] |
65 | KRYPTOLAN | Kryptolan | [Paul Liu] |
66 | RVD | MIT Remote Virtual Disk Protocol | [Michael_Greenwald] |
67 | IPPC | Internet Pluribus Packet Core | [Steven_Blumenthal] |
68 | any distributed file system | [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] | |
69 | SAT-MON | SATNET Monitoring | [Steven_Blumenthal] |
70 | VISA | VISA Protocol | [Gene_Tsudik] |
71 | IPCV | Internet Packet Core Utility | [Steven_Blumenthal] |
72 | CPNX | Computer Protocol Network Executive | [David Mittnacht] |
73 | CPHB | Computer Protocol Heart Beat | [David Mittnacht] |
74 | WSN | Wang Span Network | [Victor Dafoulas] |
75 | PVP | Packet Video Protocol | [Steve_Casner] |
76 | BR-SAT-MON | Backroom SATNET Monitoring | [Steven_Blumenthal] |
77 | SUN-ND | SUN ND PROTOCOL-Temporary | [William_Melohn] |
78 | WB-MON | WIDEBAND Monitoring | [Steven_Blumenthal] |
79 | WB-EXPAK | WIDEBAND EXPAK | [Steven_Blumenthal] |
80 | ISO-IP | ISO Internet Protocol | [Marshall_T_Rose] |
81 | VMTP | VMTP | [Dave_Cheriton] |
82 | SECURE-VMTP | SECURE-VMTP | [Dave_Cheriton] |
83 | VINES | VINES | [Brian Horn] |
84 | TTP | TTP | [Jim_Stevens] |
85 | NSFNET-IGP | NSFNET-IGP | [Hans_Werner_Braun] |
86 | DGP | Dissimilar Gateway Protocol | [M/A-COM Government Systems, "Dissimilar Gateway Protocol Specification, Draft Version", Contract no. CS901145, November 16, 1987.][Mike_Little] |
87 | TCF | TCF | [Guillermo_A_Loyola] |
88 | EIGRP | EIGRP | [Cisco Systems, "Gateway Server Reference Manual", Manual Revision B, January 10, 1988.][Guenther_Schreiner] |
89 | OSPFIGP | OSPFIGP | [RFC1583][John_Moy] |
90 | Sprite-RPC | Sprite RPC Protocol | [Welch, B., "The Sprite Remote Procedure Call System", Technical Report, UCB/Computer Science Dept., 86/302, University of California at Berkeley, June 1986.][Bruce Willins] |
91 | LARP | Locus Address Resolution Protocol | [Brian Horn] |
92 | MTP | Multicast Transport Protocol | [Susie_Armstrong] |
93 | AX.25 | AX.25 Frames | [Brian_Kantor] |
94 | IPIP | IP-within-IP Encapsulation Protocol | [John_Ioannidis] |
95 | MICP | Mobile Internetworking Control Pro. | [John_Ioannidis] |
96 | SCC-SP | Semaphore Communications Sec. Pro. | [Howard_Hart] |
97 | ETHERIP | Ethernet-within-IP Encapsulation | [RFC3378] |
98 | ENCAP | Encapsulation Header | [RFC1241][Robert_Woodburn] |
99 | any private encryption scheme | [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] | |
100 | GMTP | GMTP | [[RXB5]] |
101 | IFMP | Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol | [Bob_Hinden][November 1995, 1997.] |
102 | PNNI | PNNI over IP | [Ross_Callon] |
103 | PIM | Protocol Independent Multicast | [Dino_Farinacci] |
104 | ARIS | ARIS | [Nancy_Feldman] |
105 | SCPS | SCPS | [Robert_Durst] |
106 | QNX | QNX | [Michael_Hunter] |
107 | A/N | Active Networks | [Bob_Braden] |
108 | IPComp | IP Payload Compression Protocol | [RFC2393] |
109 | SNP | Sitara Networks Protocol | [Manickam_R_Sridhar] |
110 | Compaq-Peer | Compaq Peer Protocol | [Victor_Volpe] |
111 | IPX-in-IP | IPX in IP | [CJ_Lee] |
112 | VRRP | Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol | [RFC3768][RFC5798] |
113 | PGM | PGM Reliable Transport Protocol | [Tony_Speakman] |
114 | any 0-hop protocol | [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] | |
115 | L2TP | Layer Two Tunneling Protocol | [Bernard_Aboba] |
116 | DDX | D-II Data Exchange (DDX) | [John_Worley] |
117 | IATP | Interactive Agent Transfer Protocol | [John_Murphy] |
118 | STP | Schedule Transfer Protocol | [Jean_Michel_Pittet] |
119 | SRP | SpectraLink Radio Protocol | [Mark_Hamilton] |
120 | UTI | UTI | [Peter_Lothberg] |
121 | SMP | Simple Message Protocol | [Leif_Ekblad] |
122 | SM | SM | [Jon_Crowcroft] |
123 | PTP | Performance Transparency Protocol | [Michael_Welzl] |
124 | ISIS over IPv4 | [Tony_Przygienda] | |
125 | FIRE | [Criag_Partridge] | |
126 | CRTP | Combat Radio Transport Protocol | [Robert_Sautter] |
127 | CRUDP | Combat Radio User Datagram | [Robert_Sautter] |
128 | SSCOPMCE | [Kurt_Waber] | |
129 | IPLT | [[Hollbach]] | |
130 | SPS | Secure Packet Shield | [Bill_McIntosh] |
131 | PIPE | Private IP Encapsulation within IP | [Bernhard_Petri] |
132 | SCTP | Stream Control Transmission Protocol | [Randall_R_Stewart] |
133 | FC | Fibre Channel | [Murali_Rajagopal] |
134 | RSVP-E2E-IGNORE | [RFC3175] | |
135 | Mobility Header | [RFC3775] | |
136 | UDPLite | [RFC3828] | |
137 | MPLS-in-IP | [RFC4023] | |
138 | manet | MANET Protocols | [RFC-ietf-manet-iana-07] |
139 | HIP | Host Identity Protocol | [RFC5201] |
140 | Shim6 | Shim6 Protocol | [RFC5533] |
141 | WESP | Wrapped Encapsulating Security Payload | [RFC5840] |
142 | ROHC | Robust Header Compression | [RFC5858] |
143-252 | Unassigned | [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] | |
253 | Use for experimentation and testing | [RFC3692] | |
254 | Use for experimentation and testing | [RFC3692] | |
255 | Reserved | [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] |
People
ID | Name | Contact URI | Last Updated |
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[Barry_Boehm] | Barry Boehm | boehm&arpa.mil | |
[Barry_Howard] | Barry Howard | Howard&nmfecc.llnl.gov | |
[Bernard_Aboba] | Bernard Aboba | bernardaµsoft.com | 1998-04 |
[Bernhard_Petri] | Bernhard Petri | bernhard.petri&nsn.com | 2000-03 |
[Bill_McIntosh] | Bill McIntosh | BMcIntosh&fortresstech.com | |
[Bob_Braden] | Bob Braden | braden&isi.edu | 1997-07 |
[Bob_Hinden] | Bob Hinden | hinden&ipsilon.com | |
[Brian_Kantor] | Brian Kantor | brian&ucsd.edu | |
[CJ_Lee] | CJ Lee | cj_lee&novell.com | 1997-10 |
[Charlie_Perkins] | Charlie Perkins | perk&watson.ibm.com | 1994-10 |
[Christer_Oberg] | Christer Oberg | chg&bull.se | 1994-10 |
[Criag_Partridge] | Criag Partridge | craig&bbn.com | 1999-08 |
[Dave_Cheriton] | Dave Cheriton | cheriton&pescadero.stanford.edu | |
[Dave_Presotto] | Dave Presotto | presotto&plan9.att.com | 1995-07 |
[David_Clark] | David Clark | ddc&lcs.mit.edu | |
[David_Mills] | David Mills | Mills&huey.udel.edu | |
[Deborah_Estrin] | Deborah Estrin | estrin&usc.edu | |
[Dino_Farinacci] | Dino Farinacci | dino&cisco.com | 1996-03 |
[Dirk_Fromhein] | Dirk Fromhein | df&watershed.com | |
[Gene_Tsudik] | Gene Tsudik | tsudik&usc.edu | |
[Greg_Chesson] | Greg Chesson | Greg&sgi.com | |
[Guenther_Schreiner] | Guenther Schreiner | snmp-admin&ira.uka.de | |
[Guillermo_A_Loyola] | Guillermo A. Loyola | LOYOLA&ibm.com | |
[Hans_Werner_Braun] | Hans-Werner Braun | HWB&mcr.umich.edu | |
[Harry_Forsdick] | Harry Forsdick | Forsdick&bbn.com | |
[Howard_Hart] | Howard Hart | hch&hybrid.com | |
[Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] | Internet Assigned Numbers Authority | iana&iana.org | 1995-06 |
[J_Noel_Chiappa] | J. Noel Chiappa | JNC&xx.lcs.mit.edu | |
[Jack_Haverty] | Jack Haverty | jhaverty&oracle.com | |
[Jean_Michel_Pittet] | Jean-Michel Pittet | jmp&gandalf.engr.sgi.com | 1998-11 |
[Jim_Stevens] | Jim Stevens | Stevens&isi.edu | |
[John_Ioannidis] | John Ioannidis | ji&cs.columbia.edu | |
[John_Moy] | John Moy | jmoy&proteon.com | |
[John_Murphy] | John Murphy | john.m.murphy&mci.com | 1998-10 |
[John_Worley] | John Worley | worley&milehigh.net | 1998-06 |
[Jon_Crowcroft] | Jon Crowcroft | jon&cs.ucl.ac.uk | 1999-06 |
[Jon_Postel] | Jon Postel | postel&isi.edu | |
[K_Robert_Glenn] | K. Robert Glenn | glenn&osi.ncsl.nist.gov | |
[Kurt_Waber] | Kurt Waber | kurt.waber&swisscom.com | 1999-08 |
[Leif_Ekblad] | Leif Ekblad | leif.ekblad&eslov.mail.telia.com | 1999-03 |
[Manickam_R_Sridhar] | Manickam R. Sridhar | msridhar&sitaranetworks.com | 1997-09 |
[Mark_Hamilton] | Mark Hamilton | mah&spectralink.com | 1998-11 |
[Marshall_T_Rose] | Marshall T. Rose | mrose&dbc.mtview.ca.us | |
[Martha_Steenstrup] | Martha Steenstrup | MSteenst&bbn.com | |
[Michael_Greenwald] | Michael Greenwald | Greenwald&scrc-stony-brook.symbolics.com | |
[Michael_Hunter] | Michael Hunter | mphunter&qnx.com | 1997-07 |
[Michael_Welzl] | Michael Welzl | michael&tk.uni-linz.ac.at | 1999-08 |
[Mike_Little] | Mike Little | little&macom4.arpa | |
[Murali_Rajagopal] | Murali Rajagopal | murali&gadzoox.com | 2000-05 |
[Nancy_Feldman] | Nancy Feldman | nkf&vnet.ibm.com | 1997-01 |
[Peter_Lothberg] | Peter Lothberg | roll&stupi.se | 1999-03 |
[Randall_R_Stewart] | Randall R. Stewart | rrs&lakerest.net | 2000-04 |
[Robert_Durst] | Robert Durst | durst&mitre.org | 1997-03 |
[Robert_Hinden] | Robert Hinden | Hinden&eng.sun.com | |
[Robert_Sautter] | Robert Sautter | rsautter&acdnj.itt.com | 1999-08 |
[Robert_W_Scheifler] | Robert W. Scheifler | RWS&xx.lcs.mit.edu | |
[Robert_Woodburn] | Robert Woodburn | woody&cseic.saic.com | |
[Ross_Callon] | Ross Callon | rcallon&baynetworks.com | 1995-12 |
[Steve_Casner] | Steve Casner | casner&isi.edu | |
[Steve_Chipman] | Steve Chipman | Chipman&f.bbn.com | |
[Steve_Deering] | Steve Deering | deering&parc.xerox.com | 1995-03 |
[Steven_Blumenthal] | Steven Blumenthal | BLUMENTHAL&vax.bbn.com | |
[Stuart_A_Friedberg] | Stuart A. Friedberg | stuart&cs.wisc.edu | |
[Sue_Hares] | Sue Hares | skh&merit.edu | |
[Susie_Armstrong] | Susie Armstrong | Armstrong.wbst128&xerox.com | |
[Tom_Markson] | Tom Markson | markson&osmosys.ingog.com | 1995-09 |
[Tony_Ballardie] | Tony Ballardie | A.Ballardie&cs.ucl.ac.uk | |
[Tony_Li] | Tony Li | tli&cisco.com | |
[Tony_Przygienda] | Tony Przygienda | prz&siara.com | 1999-08 |
[Tony_Speakman] | Tony Speakman | speakman&cisco.com | 1998-01 |
[Trudy_Miller] | Trudy Miller | Trudy&acc.com | |
[Victor_Volpe] | Victor Volpe | vvolpe&smtp.microcom.com | 1997-10 |
[Wesley_Craig] | Wesley Craig | Wesley.Craig&terminator.cc.umich.edu | |
[William_Melohn] | William Melohn | Melohn&sun.com | |
[Zaw_Sing_Su] | Zaw-Sing Su | ZSu&tsca.istc.sri. |