1# $NetBSD: protocols,v 1.35 2022/12/01 13:21:07 jschauma Exp $ 2# See also: protocols(5), https://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers/ 3# 4# Protocol Numbers 5# 6# Last Updated 7# 2022-09-28 8# 9# Available Formats 10# [IMG] 11# XML [IMG] 12# HTML [IMG] 13# Plain text 14# 15# Registry included below 16# 17# *��Assigned Internet Protocol Numbers 18# 19# Assigned Internet Protocol Numbers 20# 21# Registration Procedure(s) 22# 23# IESG Approval or Standards Action 24# 25# Reference 26# [RFC5237][RFC7045] 27# 28# Note 29# 30# In the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) [RFC791] there is a field 31# called "Protocol" to identify the next level protocol. This is an 8 32# bit field. In Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) [RFC8200], this field 33# is called the "Next Header" field. 34# 35# 36# Note 37# 38# Values that are also IPv6 Extension Header Types should be listed in the 39# IPv6 Extension Header Types registry at [IANA registry ipv6-parameters]. 40# 41# 42# Available Formats 43# [IMG] 44# CSV 45# 46# Decimal Keyword Protocol IPv6 Extension Reference 47# Header 48# protocol num aliases # comments 49hopopt 0 HOPOPT # IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Option Y [RFC8200] 50icmp 1 ICMP # Internet Control Message [RFC792] 51igmp 2 IGMP # Internet Group Management [RFC1112] 52ggp 3 GGP # Gateway-to-Gateway [RFC823] 53ipv4 4 IPv4 # IPv4 encapsulation [RFC2003] 54st 5 ST # Stream [RFC1190][RFC1819] 55tcp 6 TCP # Transmission Control [RFC9293] 56cbt 7 CBT # CBT [Tony_Ballardie] 57egp 8 EGP # Exterior Gateway Protocol [RFC888][David_Mills] 58# any private interior gateway 59igp 9 IGP # (used by Cisco for their [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] 60# IGRP) 61bbn-rcc-mon 10 BBN-RCC-MON # BBN RCC Monitoring [Steve_Chipman] 62nvp-ii 11 NVP-II # Network Voice Protocol [RFC741][Steve_Casner] 63# [Boggs, D., J. Shoch, E. Taft, and R. Metcalfe, "PUP: An Internetwork 64pup 12 PUP # PUP Architecture", XEROX Palo Alto Research Center, CSL-79-10, July 1979; 65# also in IEEE Transactions on Communication, Volume COM-28, Number 4, 66# April 1980.][[XEROX]] 67argus 13 ARGUS # (deprecated) ARGUS [Robert_W_Scheifler] 68emcon 14 EMCON # EMCON [<mystery contact>] 69xnet 15 XNET # Cross Net Debugger [Haverty, J., "XNET Formats for Internet Protocol Version 4", IEN 158, 70# October 1980.][Jack_Haverty] 71chaos 16 CHAOS # Chaos [J_Noel_Chiappa] 72udp 17 UDP # User Datagram [RFC768][Jon_Postel] 73mux 18 MUX # Multiplexing [Cohen, D. and J. Postel, "Multiplexing Protocol", IEN 90, 74# USC/Information Sciences Institute, May 1979.][Jon_Postel] 75dcn-meas 19 DCN-MEAS # DCN Measurement Subsystems [David_Mills] 76hmp 20 HMP # Host Monitoring [RFC869][Bob_Hinden] 77prm 21 PRM # Packet Radio Measurement [Zaw_Sing_Su] 78# ["The Ethernet, A Local Area Network: Data Link Layer and Physical Layer 79# Specification", AA-K759B-TK, Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA. 80# Also as: "The Ethernet - A Local Area Network", Version 1.0, Digital 81# Equipment Corporation, Intel Corporation, Xerox Corporation, September 82xns-idp 22 XNS-IDP # XEROX NS IDP 1980. And: "The Ethernet, A Local Area Network: Data Link Layer and 83# Physical Layer Specifications", Digital, Intel and Xerox, November 1982. 84# And: XEROX, "The Ethernet, A Local Area Network: Data Link Layer and 85# Physical Layer Specification", X3T51/80-50, Xerox Corporation, Stamford, 86# CT., October 1980.][[XEROX]] 87trunk-1 23 TRUNK-1 # Trunk-1 [Barry_Boehm] 88trunk-2 24 TRUNK-2 # Trunk-2 [Barry_Boehm] 89leaf-1 25 LEAF-1 # Leaf-1 [Barry_Boehm] 90leaf-2 26 LEAF-2 # Leaf-2 [Barry_Boehm] 91rdp 27 RDP # Reliable Data Protocol [RFC908][Bob_Hinden] 92irtp 28 IRTP # Internet Reliable [RFC938][Trudy_Miller] 93# Transaction 94iso-tp4 29 ISO-TP4 # ISO Transport Protocol Class [RFC905][<mystery contact>] 95# 4 96netblt 30 NETBLT # Bulk Data Transfer Protocol [RFC969][David_Clark] 97# MFE Network Services [Shuttleworth, B., "A Documentary of MFENet, a National Computer 98mfe-nsp 31 MFE-NSP # Protocol Network", UCRL-52317, Lawrence Livermore Labs, Livermore, California, 99# June 1977.][Barry_Howard] 100merit-inp 32 MERIT-INP # MERIT Internodal Protocol [Hans_Werner_Braun] 101dccp 33 DCCP # Datagram Congestion Control [RFC4340] 102# Protocol 1033pc 34 3PC # Third Party Connect Protocol [Stuart_A_Friedberg] 104idpr 35 IDPR # Inter-Domain Policy Routing [Martha_Steenstrup] 105# Protocol 106xtp 36 XTP # XTP [Greg_Chesson] 107ddp 37 DDP # Datagram Delivery Protocol [Wesley_Craig] 108idpr-cmtp 38 IDPR-CMTP # IDPR Control Message [Martha_Steenstrup] 109# Transport Proto 110tp++ 39 TP++ # TP++ Transport Protocol [Dirk_Fromhein] 111il 40 IL # IL Transport Protocol [Dave_Presotto] 112ipv6 41 IPv6 # IPv6 encapsulation [RFC2473] 113sdrp 42 SDRP # Source Demand Routing [Deborah_Estrin] 114# Protocol 115ipv6-route 43 IPv6-Route # Routing Header for IPv6 Y [Steve_Deering] 116ipv6-frag 44 IPv6-Frag # Fragment Header for IPv6 Y [Steve_Deering] 117idrp 45 IDRP # Inter-Domain Routing [Sue_Hares] 118# Protocol 119rsvp 46 RSVP # Reservation Protocol [RFC2205][RFC3209][Bob_Braden] 120gre 47 GRE # Generic Routing [RFC2784][Tony_Li] 121# Encapsulation 122dsr 48 DSR # Dynamic Source Routing [RFC4728] 123# Protocol 124bna 49 BNA # BNA [Gary Salamon] 125esp 50 ESP # Encap Security Payload Y [RFC4303] 126ah 51 AH # Authentication Header Y [RFC4302] 127i-nlsp 52 I-NLSP # Integrated Net Layer [K_Robert_Glenn] 128# Security TUBA 129swipe 53 SWIPE # (deprecated) IP with Encryption [John_Ioannidis] 130narp 54 NARP # NBMA Address Resolution [RFC1735] 131# Protocol 132mobile 55 MOBILE # IP Mobility [Charlie_Perkins] 133# Transport Layer Security 134tlsp 56 TLSP # Protocol using Kryptonet key [Christer_Oberg] 135# management 136skip 57 SKIP # SKIP [Tom_Markson] 137ipv6-icmp 58 IPv6-ICMP # ICMP for IPv6 [RFC8200] 138ipv6-nonxt 59 IPv6-NoNxt # No Next Header for IPv6 [RFC8200] 139ipv6-opts 60 IPv6-Opts # Destination Options for IPv6 Y [RFC8200] 140# 61 any host internal protocol [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] 141cftp 62 CFTP # CFTP [Forsdick, H., "CFTP", Network Message, Bolt Beranek and Newman, January 142# 1982.][Harry_Forsdick] 143# 63 any local network [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] 144sat-expak 64 SAT-EXPAK # SATNET and Backroom EXPAK [Steven_Blumenthal] 145kryptolan 65 KRYPTOLAN # Kryptolan [Paul Liu] 146rvd 66 RVD # MIT Remote Virtual Disk [Michael_Greenwald] 147# Protocol 148ippc 67 IPPC # Internet Pluribus Packet [Steven_Blumenthal] 149# Core 150# 68 any distributed file system [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] 151sat-mon 69 SAT-MON # SATNET Monitoring [Steven_Blumenthal] 152visa 70 VISA # VISA Protocol [Gene_Tsudik] 153ipcv 71 IPCV # Internet Packet Core Utility [Steven_Blumenthal] 154cpnx 72 CPNX # Computer Protocol Network [David Mittnacht] 155# Executive 156cphb 73 CPHB # Computer Protocol Heart Beat [David Mittnacht] 157wsn 74 WSN # Wang Span Network [Victor Dafoulas] 158pvp 75 PVP # Packet Video Protocol [Steve_Casner] 159br-sat-mon 76 BR-SAT-MON # Backroom SATNET Monitoring [Steven_Blumenthal] 160sun-nd 77 SUN-ND # SUN ND PROTOCOL-Temporary [William_Melohn] 161wb-mon 78 WB-MON # WIDEBAND Monitoring [Steven_Blumenthal] 162wb-expak 79 WB-EXPAK # WIDEBAND EXPAK [Steven_Blumenthal] 163iso-ip 80 ISO-IP # ISO Internet Protocol [Marshall_T_Rose] 164vmtp 81 VMTP # VMTP [Dave_Cheriton] 165secure-vmtp 82 SECURE-VMTP # SECURE-VMTP [Dave_Cheriton] 166vines 83 VINES # VINES [Brian Horn] 167ttp 84 TTP iptm IPTM # Transaction Transport [Jim_Stevens] 168# Protocol 169#iptm 84 IPTM # Internet Protocol Traffic [Jim_Stevens] 170# Manager 171nsfnet-igp 85 NSFNET-IGP # NSFNET-IGP [Hans_Werner_Braun] 172dgp 86 DGP # Dissimilar Gateway Protocol [M/A-COM Government Systems, "Dissimilar Gateway Protocol Specification, 173# Draft Version", Contract no. CS901145, November 16, 1987.][Mike_Little] 174tcf 87 TCF # TCF [Guillermo_A_Loyola] 175eigrp 88 EIGRP # EIGRP [RFC7868] 176ospfigp 89 OSPFIGP # OSPFIGP [RFC1583][RFC2328][RFC5340][John_Moy] 177# [Welch, B., "The Sprite Remote Procedure Call System", Technical Report, 178sprite-rpc 90 Sprite-RPC # Sprite RPC Protocol UCB/Computer Science Dept., 86/302, University of California at Berkeley, 179# June 1986.][Bruce Willins] 180larp 91 LARP # Locus Address Resolution [Brian Horn] 181# Protocol 182mtp 92 MTP # Multicast Transport Protocol [Susie_Armstrong] 183ax.25 93 AX.25 # AX.25 Frames [Brian_Kantor] 184ipip 94 IPIP # IP-within-IP Encapsulation [John_Ioannidis] 185# Protocol 186micp 95 MICP # (deprecated) Mobile Internetworking [John_Ioannidis] 187# Control Pro. 188scc-sp 96 SCC-SP # Semaphore Communications [Howard_Hart] 189# Sec. Pro. 190etherip 97 ETHERIP # Ethernet-within-IP [RFC3378] 191# Encapsulation 192encap 98 ENCAP # Encapsulation Header [RFC1241][Robert_Woodburn] 193# 99 any private encryption [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] 194# scheme 195gmtp 100 GMTP # GMTP [[RXB5]] 196ifmp 101 IFMP # Ipsilon Flow Management [Bob_Hinden][November 1995, 1997.] 197# Protocol 198pnni 102 PNNI # PNNI over IP [Ross_Callon] 199pim 103 PIM # Protocol Independent [RFC7761][Dino_Farinacci] 200# Multicast 201aris 104 ARIS # ARIS [Nancy_Feldman] 202scps 105 SCPS # SCPS [Robert_Durst] 203qnx 106 QNX # QNX [Michael_Hunter] 204a/n 107 A/N # Active Networks [Bob_Braden] 205ipcomp 108 IPComp # IP Payload Compression [RFC2393] 206# Protocol 207snp 109 SNP # Sitara Networks Protocol [Manickam_R_Sridhar] 208compaq-peer 110 Compaq-Peer # Compaq Peer Protocol [Victor_Volpe] 209ipx-in-ip 111 IPX-in-IP # IPX in IP [CJ_Lee] 210vrrp 112 VRRP carp # Virtual Router Redundancy [RFC5798] 211# Protocol 212pgm 113 PGM # PGM Reliable Transport [Tony_Speakman] 213# Protocol 214# 114 any 0-hop protocol [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] 215l2tp 115 L2TP # Layer Two Tunneling Protocol [RFC3931][Bernard_Aboba] 216ddx 116 DDX # D-II Data Exchange (DDX) [John_Worley] 217iatp 117 IATP # Interactive Agent Transfer [John_Murphy] 218# Protocol 219stp 118 STP # Schedule Transfer Protocol [Jean_Michel_Pittet] 220srp 119 SRP # SpectraLink Radio Protocol [Mark_Hamilton] 221uti 120 UTI # UTI [Peter_Lothberg] 222smp 121 SMP # Simple Message Protocol [Leif_Ekblad] 223sm 122 SM # (deprecated) Simple Multicast Protocol [Jon_Crowcroft][draft-perlman-simple-multicast] 224ptp 123 PTP # Performance Transparency [Michael_Welzl] 225# Protocol 226isis 124 ISIS # over IPv4 [Tony_Przygienda] 227fire 125 FIRE # [Criag_Partridge] 228crtp 126 CRTP # Combat Radio Transport [Robert_Sautter] 229# Protocol 230crudp 127 CRUDP # Combat Radio User Datagram [Robert_Sautter] 231sscopmce 128 SSCOPMCE # [Kurt_Waber] 232iplt 129 IPLT # [[Hollbach]] 233sps 130 SPS # Secure Packet Shield [Bill_McIntosh] 234pipe 131 PIPE # Private IP Encapsulation [Bernhard_Petri] 235# within IP 236sctp 132 SCTP # Stream Control Transmission [Randall_R_Stewart] 237# Protocol 238fc 133 FC # Fibre Channel [Murali_Rajagopal][RFC6172] 239rsvp-e2e-ignore 134 RSVP-E2E-IGNORE # [RFC3175] 240mobility 135 Mobility # Header Y [RFC6275] 241udplite 136 UDPLite # [RFC3828] 242mpls-in-ip 137 MPLS-in-IP # [RFC4023] 243manet 138 MANET # MANET Protocols [RFC5498] 244hip 139 HIP # Host Identity Protocol Y [RFC7401] 245shim6 140 Shim6 # Shim6 Protocol Y [RFC5533] 246wesp 141 WESP # Wrapped Encapsulating [RFC5840] 247# Security Payload 248rohc 142 ROHC # Robust Header Compression [RFC5858] 249ethernet 143 Ethernet # Ethernet [RFC8986] 250aggfrag 144 AGGFRAG # AGGFRAG encapsulation [RFC-ietf-ipsecme-iptfs-19] 251# payload for ESP 252# 145-252 Unassigned [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] 253pfsync 240 PFSYNC # PF Synchronization 254# 253 Use for experimentation and Y [RFC3692] 255# testing 256# 254 Use for experimentation and Y [RFC3692] 257# testing 258reserved 255 Reserved # [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] 259# 260# Contact Information 261# 262# ID Name Contact URI Last Updated 263# [Barry_Boehm] Barry Boehm mailto:boehm&arpa.mil 264# [Barry_Howard] Barry Howard mailto:Howard&nmfecc.llnl.gov 265# [Bernard_Aboba] Bernard Aboba mailto:bernardaµsoft.com 1998-04 266# [Bernhard_Petri] Bernhard Petri mailto:bernhard.petri&siemens.com 2012-07-09 267# [Bill_McIntosh] Bill McIntosh mailto:BMcIntosh&fortresstech.com 268# [Bob_Braden] Bob Braden mailto:braden&isi.edu 1997-07 269# [Bob_Hinden] Bob Hinden mailto:bob.hinden&gmail.com 2013-02-17 270# [Brian_Kantor] Brian Kantor mailto:brian&ucsd.edu 271# [CJ_Lee] CJ Lee mailto:cj_lee&novell.com 1997-10 272# [Charlie_Perkins] Charlie Perkins mailto:perk&watson.ibm.com 1994-10 273# [Christer_Oberg] Christer Oberg mailto:chg&bull.se 1994-10 274# [Criag_Partridge] Criag Partridge mailto:craig&bbn.com 1999-08 275# [Dave_Cheriton] Dave Cheriton mailto:cheriton&pescadero.stanford.edu 276# [Dave_Presotto] Dave Presotto mailto:presotto&plan9.att.com 1995-07 277# [David_Clark] David Clark mailto:ddc&lcs.mit.edu 278# [David_Mills] David Mills mailto:Mills&huey.udel.edu 279# [Deborah_Estrin] Deborah Estrin mailto:estrin&usc.edu 280# [Dino_Farinacci] Dino Farinacci mailto:dino&cisco.com 1996-03 281# [Dirk_Fromhein] Dirk Fromhein mailto:df&watershed.com 282# [Gene_Tsudik] Gene Tsudik mailto:tsudik&usc.edu 283# [Greg_Chesson] Greg Chesson mailto:Greg&sgi.com 284# [Guillermo_A_Loyola] Guillermo A. Loyola mailto:LOYOLA&ibm.com 285# [Hans_Werner_Braun] Hans-Werner Braun mailto:HWB&mcr.umich.edu 286# [Harry_Forsdick] Harry Forsdick mailto:Forsdick&bbn.com 287# [Howard_Hart] Howard Hart mailto:hch&hybrid.com 288# [Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority] Internet Assigned Numbers Authority mailto:iana&iana.org 1995-06 289# [J_Noel_Chiappa] J. Noel Chiappa mailto:JNC&xx.lcs.mit.edu 290# [Jack_Haverty] Jack Haverty mailto:jhaverty&oracle.com 291# [Jean_Michel_Pittet] Jean-Michel Pittet mailto:jmp&gandalf.engr.sgi.com 1998-11 292# [Jim_Stevens] Jim Stevens mailto:jasteven&rockwellcollins.com 2011-01-26 293# [John_Ioannidis] John Ioannidis mailto:ji&tla.org 2015-01-06 294# [John_Moy] John Moy mailto:jmoy&proteon.com 295# [John_Murphy] John Murphy mailto:john.m.murphy&mci.com 1998-10 296# [John_Worley] John Worley mailto:worley&milehigh.net 1998-06 297# [Jon_Crowcroft] Jon Crowcroft mailto:jon&cs.ucl.ac.uk 1999-06 298# [Jon_Postel] Jon Postel mailto:postel&isi.edu 299# [K_Robert_Glenn] K. Robert Glenn mailto:glenn&osi.ncsl.nist.gov 300# [Kurt_Waber] Kurt Waber mailto:kurt.waber&swisscom.com 1999-08 301# [Leif_Ekblad] Leif Ekblad mailto:leif&rdos.net 2012-08-21 302# [Manickam_R_Sridhar] Manickam R. Sridhar mailto:msridhar&sitaranetworks.com 1997-09 303# [Mark_Hamilton] Mark Hamilton mailto:mah&spectralink.com 1998-11 304# [Marshall_T_Rose] Marshall T. Rose mailto:mrose&dbc.mtview.ca.us 305# [Martha_Steenstrup] Martha Steenstrup mailto:MSteenst&bbn.com 306# [Michael_Greenwald] Michael Greenwald mailto:Greenwald&scrc-stony-brook.symbolics.com 307# [Michael_Hunter] Michael Hunter mailto:mphunter&qnx.com 1997-07 308# [Michael_Welzl] Michael Welzl mailto:michael&tk.uni-linz.ac.at 1999-08 309# [Mike_Little] Mike Little mailto:little&macom4.arpa 310# [Murali_Rajagopal] Murali Rajagopal mailto:murali&gadzoox.com 2000-05 311# [Nancy_Feldman] Nancy Feldman mailto:nkf&vnet.ibm.com 1997-01 312# [Peter_Lothberg] Peter Lothberg mailto:roll&stupi.se 1999-03 313# [Randall_R_Stewart] Randall R. Stewart mailto:rrs&lakerest.net 2000-04 314# [Robert_Durst] Robert Durst mailto:durst&mitre.org 1997-03 315# [Robert_Sautter] Robert Sautter mailto:rsautter&acdnj.itt.com 1999-08 316# [Robert_W_Scheifler] Robert W. Scheifler mailto:rscheifler&comcast.net 2015-10-06 317# [Robert_Woodburn] Robert Woodburn mailto:woody&cseic.saic.com 318# [Ross_Callon] Ross Callon mailto:rcallon&baynetworks.com 1995-12 319# [Steve_Casner] Steve Casner mailto:casner&isi.edu 320# [Steve_Chipman] Steve Chipman mailto:Chipman&f.bbn.com 321# [Steve_Deering] Steve Deering mailto:deering&parc.xerox.com 1995-03 322# [Steven_Blumenthal] Steven Blumenthal mailto:BLUMENTHAL&vax.bbn.com 323# [Stuart_A_Friedberg] Stuart A. Friedberg mailto:stuart&cs.wisc.edu 324# [Sue_Hares] Sue Hares mailto:skh&merit.edu 325# [Susie_Armstrong] Susie Armstrong mailto:Armstrong.wbst128&xerox.com 326# [Tom_Markson] Tom Markson mailto:markson&osmosys.ingog.com 1995-09 327# [Tony_Ballardie] Tony Ballardie mailto:A.Ballardie&cs.ucl.ac.uk 328# [Tony_Li] Tony Li mailto:tony.li&tony.li 2012-10-17 329# [Tony_Przygienda] Tony Przygienda mailto:prz&siara.com 1999-08 330# [Tony_Speakman] Tony Speakman mailto:speakman&cisco.com 1998-01 331# [Trudy_Miller] Trudy Miller mailto:Trudy&acc.com 332# [Victor_Volpe] Victor Volpe mailto:vvolpe&smtp.microcom.com 1997-10 333# [Wesley_Craig] Wesley Craig mailto:Wesley.Craig&terminator.cc.umich.edu 334# [William_Melohn] William Melohn mailto:Melohn&sun.com 335# [Zaw_Sing_Su] Zaw-Sing Su mailto:ZSu&tsca.istc.sri. 336# 337# Licensing Terms 338