Protocol Numbers

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Assigned Internet Protocol Numbers

Assigned Internet Protocol Numbers

Registration Procedures
IESG Approval or Standards Action
Reference
[RFC5237]
Note
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

0 HOPOPT IPv6 Hop-by-Hop [RFC1883]

Option
1 ICMP Internet Control [RFC792]
Message
2 IGMP Internet Group [RFC1112]
Management
3 GGP Gateway- [RFC823]
to-Gateway
4 IPv4 IPv4 [RFC2003]
encapsulation
5 ST Stream [RFC1190][RFC1819]
6 TCP Transmission [RFC793]
Control
7 CBT CBT [Tony_Ballardie]
8 EGP Exterior Gateway [RFC888][David_Mills]
Protocol
9 IGP any private [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]
interior gateway
(used by Cisco
for their IGRP)
10 BBN-RCC-MON BBN RCC [Steve_Chipman]
Monitoring
11 NVP-II Network Voice [RFC741][Steve_Casner]
Protocol
Decimal
Keyword Protocol Reference

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 [Haverty, J., "XNET Formats for Internet Protocol Version
Debugger 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 [David_Mills]
Measurement
Subsystems
20 HMP Host Monitoring [RFC869][Robert_Hinden]
21 PRM Packet Radio [Zaw_Sing_Su]
Measurement
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 [RFC908][Robert_Hinden]
Protocol
28 IRTP Internet Reliable [RFC938][Trudy_Miller]
Transaction
29 ISO-TP4 ISO Transport [RFC905][<mystery contact>]
Protocol Class 4
30 NETBLT Bulk Data [RFC969][David_Clark]
Transfer Protocol
31 MFE-NSP MFE Network [Shuttleworth, B., "A Documentary of MFENet, a National
Services Protocol Computer Network", UCRL-52317, Lawrence Livermore
Labs, Livermore, California, June 1977.][Barry_Howard]
32 MERIT-INP MERIT Internodal [Hans_Werner_Braun]
Protocol
33 DCCP Datagram [RFC4340]
Congestion
Control Protocol
Decimal
Keyword Protocol Reference

34 3PC Third Party [Stuart_A_Friedberg]

Connect Protocol
35 IDPR Inter-Domain [Martha_Steenstrup]
Policy Routing
Protocol
36 XTP XTP [Greg_Chesson]
37 DDP Datagram [Wesley_Craig]
Delivery Protocol
38 IDPR-CMTP IDPR Control [Martha_Steenstrup]
Message
Transport Proto
39 TP++ TP++ Transport [Dirk_Fromhein]
Protocol
40 IL IL Transport [Dave_Presotto]
Protocol
41 IPv6 IPv6 [RFC2473]
encapsulation
42 SDRP Source Demand [Deborah_Estrin]
Routing Protocol
43 IPv6-Route Routing Header [Steve_Deering]
for IPv6
44 IPv6-Frag Fragment Header [Steve_Deering]
for IPv6
45 IDRP Inter-Domain [Sue_Hares]
Routing Protocol
46 RSVP Reservation [Bob_Braden]
Protocol
47 GRE General Routing [Tony_Li]
Encapsulation
48 DSR Dynamic Source [RFC4728]
Routing Protocol
49 BNA BNA [Gary Salamon]
50 ESP Encap Security [RFC4303]
Payload
51 AH Authentication [RFC4302]
Header
52 I-NLSP Integrated Net [K_Robert_Glenn]
Layer Security
TUBA
53 SWIPE IP with [John_Ioannidis]
Encryption
54 NARP NBMA Address [RFC1735]
Resolution
Protocol
55 MOBILE IP Mobility [Charlie_Perkins]
56 TLSP Transport Layer [Christer_Oberg]
Security Protocol
using Kryptonet
key management
57 SKIP SKIP [Tom_Markson]
58 IPv6-ICMP ICMP for IPv6 [RFC1883]
Decimal
Keyword Protocol Reference

59 IPv6-NoNxt No Next Header [RFC1883]

for IPv6
60 IPv6-Opts Destination [RFC1883]
Options for IPv6
61 any host internal [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]
protocol
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 [Steven_Blumenthal]
Backroom
EXPAK
65 KRYPTOLAN Kryptolan [Paul Liu]
66 RVD MIT Remote [Michael_Greenwald]
Virtual Disk
Protocol
67 IPPC Internet Pluribus [Steven_Blumenthal]
Packet Core
68 any distributed [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]
file system
69 SAT-MON SATNET [Steven_Blumenthal]
Monitoring
70 VISA VISA Protocol [Gene_Tsudik]
71 IPCV Internet Packet [Steven_Blumenthal]
Core Utility
72 CPNX Computer [David Mittnacht]
Protocol Network
Executive
73 CPHB Computer [David Mittnacht]
Protocol Heart
Beat
74 WSN Wang Span [Victor Dafoulas]
Network
75 PVP Packet Video [Steve_Casner]
Protocol
76 BR-SAT-MON Backroom [Steven_Blumenthal]
SATNET
Monitoring
77 SUN-ND SUN ND [William_Melohn]
PROTOCOL-
Temporary
78 WB-MON WIDEBAND [Steven_Blumenthal]
Monitoring
79 WB-EXPAK WIDEBAND [Steven_Blumenthal]
EXPAK
80 ISO-IP ISO Internet [Marshall_T_Rose]
Protocol
81 VMTP VMTP [Dave_Cheriton]
82 SECURE-VMTP SECURE-VMTP [Dave_Cheriton]
83 VINES VINES [Brian Horn]
84 TTP TTP [Jim_Stevens]
Decimal
Keyword Protocol Reference

85 NSFNET-IGP NSFNET-IGP [Hans_Werner_Braun]

86 DGP Dissimilar [M/A-COM Government Systems, "Dissimilar Gateway
Gateway Protocol Specification, Draft Version", Contract no.
Protocol 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 [Welch, B., "The Sprite Remote Procedure Call System",
Protocol Technical Report, UCB/Computer Science Dept., 86/302,
University of California at Berkeley, June 1986.][Bruce
Willins]
91 LARP Locus Address [Brian Horn]
Resolution
Protocol
92 MTP Multicast [Susie_Armstrong]
Transport
Protocol
93 AX.25 AX.25 Frames [Brian_Kantor]
94 IPIP IP-within-IP [John_Ioannidis]
Encapsulation
Protocol
95 MICP Mobile [John_Ioannidis]
Internetworking
Control Pro.
96 SCC-SP Semaphore [Howard_Hart]
Communications
Sec. Pro.
97 ETHERIP Ethernet-within-IP [RFC3378]
Encapsulation
98 ENCAP Encapsulation [RFC1241][Robert_Woodburn]
Header
99 any private [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]
encryption
scheme
100 GMTP GMTP [[RXB5]]
101 IFMP Ipsilon Flow [Bob_Hinden][November 1995, 1997.]
Management
Protocol
102 PNNI PNNI over IP [Ross_Callon]
103 PIM Protocol [Dino_Farinacci]
Independent
Multicast
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 [RFC2393]
Compression
Protocol
Decimal
Keyword Protocol Reference

109 SNP Sitara Networks [Manickam_R_Sridhar]

Protocol
110 Compaq-Peer Compaq Peer [Victor_Volpe]
Protocol
111 IPX-in-IP IPX in IP [CJ_Lee]
112 VRRP Virtual Router [RFC3768][RFC5798]
Redundancy
Protocol
113 PGM PGM Reliable [Tony_Speakman]
Transport
Protocol
114 any 0-hop [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]
protocol
115 L2TP Layer Two [Bernard_Aboba]
Tunneling
Protocol
116 DDX D-II Data [John_Worley]
Exchange (DDX)
117 IATP Interactive Agent [John_Murphy]
Transfer Protocol
118 STP Schedule [Jean_Michel_Pittet]
Transfer Protocol
119 SRP SpectraLink [Mark_Hamilton]
Radio Protocol
120 UTI UTI [Peter_Lothberg]
121 SMP Simple Message [Leif_Ekblad]
Protocol
122 SM SM [Jon_Crowcroft]
123 PTP Performance [Michael_Welzl]
Transparency
Protocol
124 ISIS over IPv4 [Tony_Przygienda]
125 FIRE [Criag_Partridge]
126 CRTP Combat Radio [Robert_Sautter]
Transport
Protocol
127 CRUDP Combat Radio [Robert_Sautter]
User Datagram
128 SSCOPMCE [Kurt_Waber]
129 IPLT [[Hollbach]]
130 SPS Secure Packet [Bill_McIntosh]
Shield
131 PIPE Private IP [Bernhard_Petri]
Encapsulation
within IP
132 SCTP Stream Control [Randall_R_Stewart]
Transmission
Protocol
133 FC Fibre Channel [Murali_Rajagopal]
134 RSVP-E2E- [RFC3175]
IGNORE
 Decimal
Keyword Protocol Reference

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 [RFC5201]
Protocol
140 Shim6 Shim6 Protocol [RFC5533]
141 WESP Wrapped [RFC5840]
Encapsulating
Security Payload
142 ROHC Robust Header [RFC5858]
Compression
143-252 Unassigned [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]
253 Use for [RFC3692]
experimentation
and testing
254 Use for [RFC3692]
experimentation
and testing
255 Reserved [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]

People
Last
ID Name Contact URI Updated

[Barry_Boehm] Barry Boehm mailto:boehm&arpa.mil

[Barry_Howard] Barry mailto:Howard&nmfecc.llnl.gov
Howard
[Bernard_Aboba] Bernard mailto:bernarda&microsoft.com 1998-04
Aboba
[Bernhard_Petri] Bernhard mailto:bernhard.petri&nsn.com 2000-03
Petri
[Bill_McIntosh] Bill McIntosh mailto:BMcIntosh&fortresstech.com
[Bob_Braden] Bob Braden mailto:braden&isi.edu 1997-07
[Bob_Hinden] Bob Hinden mailto:hinden&ipsilon.com
[Brian_Kantor] Brian Kantor mailto:brian&ucsd.edu
[CJ_Lee] CJ Lee mailto:cj_lee&novell.com 1997-10
[Charlie_Perkins] Charlie mailto:perk&watson.ibm.com 1994-10
Perkins
[Christer_Oberg] Christer mailto:chg&bull.se 1994-10
Oberg
[Criag_Partridge] Criag mailto:craig&bbn.com 1999-08
Partridge
 Last
ID Name Contact URI Updated

[Dave_Cheriton] Dave mailto:cheriton&pescadero.stanford.edu

Cheriton
[Dave_Presotto] Dave mailto:presotto&plan9.att.com 1995-07
Presotto
[David_Clark] David Clark mailto:ddc&lcs.mit.edu
[David_Mills] David Mills mailto:Mills&huey.udel.edu
[Deborah_Estrin] Deborah mailto:estrin&usc.edu
Estrin
[Dino_Farinacci] Dino mailto:dino&cisco.com 1996-03
Farinacci
[Dirk_Fromhein] Dirk mailto:df&watershed.com
Fromhein
[Gene_Tsudik] Gene Tsudik mailto:tsudik&usc.edu
[Greg_Chesson] Greg mailto:Greg&sgi.com
Chesson
[Guenther_Schreiner] Guenther mailto:snmp-admin&ira.uka.de
Schreiner
[Guillermo_A_Loyola] Guillermo A. mailto:LOYOLA&ibm.com
Loyola
[Hans_Werner_Braun] Hans-Werner mailto:HWB&mcr.umich.edu
Braun
[Harry_Forsdick] Harry mailto:Forsdick&bbn.com
Forsdick
[Howard_Hart] Howard Hart mailto:hch&hybrid.com
[Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] Internet mailto:iana&iana.org 1995-06
Assigned
Numbers
Authority
[J_Noel_Chiappa] J. Noel mailto:JNC&xx.lcs.mit.edu
Chiappa
[Jack_Haverty] Jack Haverty mailto:jhaverty&oracle.com
[Jean_Michel_Pittet] Jean-Michel mailto:jmp&gandalf.engr.sgi.com 1998-11
Pittet
[Jim_Stevens] Jim Stevens mailto:Stevens&isi.edu
[John_Ioannidis] John mailto:ji&cs.columbia.edu
Ioannidis
[John_Moy] John Moy mailto:jmoy&proteon.com
[John_Murphy] John Murphy mailto:john.m.murphy&mci.com 1998-10
[John_Worley] John Worley mailto:worley&milehigh.net 1998-06
[Jon_Crowcroft] Jon mailto:jon&cs.ucl.ac.uk 1999-06
Crowcroft
[Jon_Postel] Jon Postel mailto:postel&isi.edu
[K_Robert_Glenn] K. Robert mailto:glenn&osi.ncsl.nist.gov
Glenn
[Kurt_Waber] Kurt Waber mailto:kurt.waber&swisscom.com 1999-08
[Leif_Ekblad] Leif Ekblad mailto:leif.ekblad&eslov.mail.telia.com 1999-03
[Manickam_R_Sridhar] Manickam R. mailto:msridhar&sitaranetworks.com 1997-09
Sridhar
[Mark_Hamilton] Mark mailto:mah&spectralink.com 1998-11
Hamilton
 Last
ID Name Contact URI Updated

[Marshall_T_Rose] Marshall T. mailto:mrose&dbc.mtview.ca.us

Rose
[Martha_Steenstrup] Martha mailto:MSteenst&bbn.com
Steenstrup
[Michael_Greenwald] Michael mailto:Greenwald&scrc-stony-
Greenwald brook.symbolics.com
[Michael_Hunter] Michael mailto:mphunter&qnx.com 1997-07
Hunter
[Michael_Welzl] Michael mailto:michael&tk.uni-linz.ac.at 1999-08
Welzl
[Mike_Little] Mike Little mailto:little&macom4.arpa
[Murali_Rajagopal] Murali mailto:murali&gadzoox.com 2000-05
Rajagopal
[Nancy_Feldman] Nancy mailto:nkf&vnet.ibm.com 1997-01
Feldman
[Peter_Lothberg] Peter mailto:roll&stupi.se 1999-03
Lothberg
[Randall_R_Stewart] Randall R. mailto:rrs&lakerest.net 2000-04
Stewart
[Robert_Durst] Robert Durst mailto:durst&mitre.org 1997-03
[Robert_Hinden] Robert mailto:Hinden&eng.sun.com
Hinden
[Robert_Sautter] Robert mailto:rsautter&acdnj.itt.com 1999-08
Sautter
[Robert_W_Scheifler] Robert W. mailto:RWS&xx.lcs.mit.edu
Scheifler
[Robert_Woodburn] Robert mailto:woody&cseic.saic.com
Woodburn
[Ross_Callon] Ross Callon mailto:rcallon&baynetworks.com 1995-12
[Steve_Casner] Steve mailto:casner&isi.edu
Casner
[Steve_Chipman] Steve mailto:Chipman&f.bbn.com
Chipman
[Steve_Deering] Steve mailto:deering&parc.xerox.com 1995-03
Deering
[Steven_Blumenthal] Steven mailto:BLUMENTHAL&vax.bbn.com
Blumenthal
[Stuart_A_Friedberg] Stuart A. mailto:stuart&cs.wisc.edu
Friedberg
[Sue_Hares] Sue Hares mailto:skh&merit.edu
[Susie_Armstrong] Susie mailto:Armstrong.wbst128&xerox.com
Armstrong
[Tom_Markson] Tom mailto:markson&osmosys.ingog.com 1995-09
Markson
[Tony_Ballardie] Tony mailto:A.Ballardie&cs.ucl.ac.uk
Ballardie
[Tony_Li] Tony Li mailto:tli&cisco.com
[Tony_Przygienda] Tony mailto:prz&siara.com 1999-08
Przygienda
 Last
ID Name Contact URI Updated

[Tony_Speakman] Tony mailto:speakman&cisco.com 1998-01

Speakman
[Trudy_Miller] Trudy Miller mailto:Trudy&acc.com
[Victor_Volpe] Victor Volpe mailto:vvolpe&smtp.microcom.com 1997-10
[Wesley_Craig] Wesley mailto:Wesley.Craig&terminator.cc.umich.edu
Craig
[William_Melohn] William mailto:Melohn&sun.com
Melohn
[Zaw_Sing_Su] Zaw-Sing Su mailto:ZSu&tsca.istc.sri.