Assigned Internet Protocol Numbers

Assigned Internet Protocol Numbers

see also:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289892 

 http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers/protocol-numbers.xml

http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/ip.htm 

 

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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) [RFC2460], this field is called the "Next Header" field.

Value
Protocol
References
0
HOPOPT, IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Option.
RFC 2460
1
ICMP, Internet Control Message Protocol.
RFC 792
2
IGAP, IGMP for user Authentication Protocol.
IGMP, Internet Group Management Protocol.
RGMP, Router-port Group Management Protocol.
RFC 1112
3
GGP, Gateway to Gateway Protocol.
RFC 823
4
IP in IP encapsulation.
RFC 2003
5
ST, Internet Stream Protocol.
RFC 1190, RFC 1819
6
TCP, Transmission Control Protocol.
RFC 793
7
UCL, CBT.
 
8
EGP, Exterior Gateway Protocol.
RFC 888
9
IGRP, Interior Gateway Routing Protocol.
 
10
BBN RCC Monitoring.
 
11
NVP, Network Voice Protocol.
RFC 741
12
PUP.
 
13
ARGUS.
 
14
EMCON, Emission Control Protocol.
 
15
XNET, Cross Net Debugger.
IEN 158
16
Chaos.
 
17
UDP, User Datagram Protocol.
RFC 768
18
TMux, Transport Multiplexing Protocol.
IEN 90
19
DCN Measurement Subsystems.
 
20
HMP, Host Monitoring Protocol.
RFC 869
21
Packet Radio Measurement.
 
22
XEROX NS IDP.
 
23
Trunk-1.
 
24
Trunk-2.
 
25
Leaf-1.
 
26
Leaf-2.
 
27
RDP, Reliable Data Protocol.
RFC 908
28
IRTP, Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol.
RFC 938
29
ISO Transport Protocol Class 4.
RFC 905
30
NETBLT, Network Block Transfer.
 
31
MFE Network Services Protocol.
 
32
MERIT Internodal Protocol.
 
33
DCCP, Datagram Congestion Control Protocol.
 
34
Third Party Connect Protocol.
 
35
IDPR, Inter-Domain Policy Routing Protocol.
 
36
XTP, Xpress Transfer Protocol.
 
37
Datagram Delivery Protocol.
 
38
IDPR, Control Message Transport Protocol.
 
39
TP++ Transport Protocol.
 
40
IL Transport Protocol.
 
41
IPv6 over IPv4.
RFC 2473
42
SDRP, Source Demand Routing Protocol.
 
43
IPv6 Routing header.
 
44
IPv6 Fragment header.
 
45
IDRP, Inter-Domain Routing Protocol.
 
46
RSVP, Reservation Protocol.
 
47
GRE, General Routing Encapsulation.
 
48
DSR, Dynamic Source Routing Protocol.
 
49
BNA.
 
50
ESP, Encapsulating Security Payload.
 
51
AH, Authentication Header.
 
52
I-NLSP, Integrated Net Layer Security TUBA.
 
53
SWIPE, IP with Encryption.
 
54
NARP, NBMA Address Resolution Protocol.
 
55
Minimal Encapsulation Protocol.
 
56
TLSP, Transport Layer Security Protocol using Kryptonet key management.
 
57
SKIP.
 
58
ICMPv6, Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6.
MLD, Multicast Listener Discovery.
 
59
IPv6 No Next Header.
 
60
IPv6 Destination Options.
 
61
Any host internal protocol.
 
62
CFTP.
 
63
Any local network.
 
64
SATNET and Backroom EXPAK.
 
65
Kryptolan.
 
66
MIT Remote Virtual Disk Protocol.
 
67
Internet Pluribus Packet Core.
 
68
Any distributed file system.
 
69
SATNET Monitoring.
 
70
VISA Protocol.
 
71
Internet Packet Core Utility.
 
72
Computer Protocol Network Executive.
 
73
Computer Protocol Heart Beat.
 
74
Wang Span Network.
 
75
Packet Video Protocol.
 
76
Backroom SATNET Monitoring.
 
77
SUN ND PROTOCOL-Temporary.
 
78
WIDEBAND Monitoring.
 
79
WIDEBAND EXPAK.
 
80
ISO-IP.
 
81
VMTP, Versatile Message Transaction Protocol.
 
82
SECURE-VMTP
 
83
VINES.
 
84
TTP.
 
85
NSFNET-IGP.
 
86
Dissimilar Gateway Protocol.
 
87
TCF.
 
88
EIGRP.
 
89
OSPF, Open Shortest Path First Routing Protocol.
MOSPF, Multicast Open Shortest Path First.
 
90
Sprite RPC Protocol.
 
91
Locus Address Resolution Protocol.
 
92
MTP, Multicast Transport Protocol.
 
93
AX.25.
 
94
IP-within-IP Encapsulation Protocol.
 
95
Mobile Internetworking Control Protocol.
 
96
Semaphore Communications Sec. Pro.
 
97
EtherIP.
 
98
Encapsulation Header.
 
99
Any private encryption scheme.
 
100
GMTP.
 
101
IFMP, Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol.
 
102
PNNI over IP.
 
103
PIM, Protocol Independent Multicast.
 
104
ARIS.
 
105
SCPS.
 
106
QNX.
 
107
Active Networks.
 
108
IPPCP, IP Payload Compression Protocol.
RFC 2393
109
SNP, Sitara Networks Protocol.
 
110
Compaq Peer Protocol.
 
111
IPX in IP.
 
112
VRRP, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol.
RFC 3768, RFC 5798
113
PGM, Pragmatic General Multicast.
 
114
any 0-hop protocol.
 
115
L2TP, Level 2 Tunneling Protocol.
RFC 3931
116
DDX, D-II Data Exchange.
 
117
IATP, Interactive Agent Transfer Protocol.
 
118
ST, Schedule Transfer.
 
119
SRP, SpectraLink Radio Protocol.
 
120
UTI.
 
121
SMP, Simple Message Protocol.
 
122
SM.
 
123
PTP, Performance Transparency Protocol.
 
124
ISIS over IPv4.
 
125
FIRE.
 
126
CRTP, Combat Radio Transport Protocol.
 
127
CRUDP, Combat Radio User Datagram.
 
128
SSCOPMCE.
 
129
IPLT.
 
130
SPS, Secure Packet Shield.
 
131
PIPE, Private IP Encapsulation within IP.
 
132
SCTP, Stream Control Transmission Protocol.
 
133
Fibre Channel.
RFC 6172
134
RSVP-E2E-IGNORE.
RFC 3175
135
Mobility Header.
RFC 3775
136
UDP-Lite, Lightweight User Datagram Protocol.
RFC 3828
137
MPLS in IP.
RFC 4023
138
MANET protocols.
RFC 5498
139
HIP, Host Identity Protocol.
RFC 5201
140
Shim6, Level 3 Multihoming Shim Protocol for IPv6.
RFC 5533
141
WESP, Wrapped Encapsulating Security Payload.
RFC 5840
142
ROHC, RObust Header Compression.
RFC 5858
143
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252
 
 
253
254
Experimentation and testing.
 
255
reserved.