Decimal

Keyword

Protocol

Reference

0

HOPOPT

IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Option

RFC 8200

1

ICMP

Internet Control Message

RFC 792

2

IGMP

Internet Group Management

RFC 1112

3

GGP

Gateway-to-Gateway

RFC 823

4

IPv4

IPv4 encapsulation

RFC 2003

5

ST

Stream

RFC 1190RFC 1819

6

TCP

Transmission Control

RFC 793

7

CBT

CBT

[Tony_Ballardie]

8

EGP

Exterior Gateway Protocol

RFC 888
[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

RFC 741
[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 (deprecated)

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

RFC 768
[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

RFC 869
[Bob_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

RFC 908
[Bob_Hinden]

28

IRTP

Internet Reliable Transaction

RFC 938
[Trudy_Miller]

29

ISO-TP4

ISO Transport Protocol Class 4

RFC 905
[<mystery contact>]

30

NETBLT

Bulk Data Transfer Protocol

RFC 969
[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

RFC 4340

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

RFC 2473

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

RFC 2205RFC 3209
[Bob_Braden]

47

GRE

Generic Routing Encapsulation

RFC 2784
[Tony_Li]

48

DSR

Dynamic Source Routing Protocol

RFC 4728

49

BNA

BNA

[Gary Salamon]

50

ESP

Encap Security Payload

RFC 4303

51

AH

Authentication Header

RFC 4302

52

I-NLSP

Integrated Net Layer Security  TUBA

[K_Robert_Glenn]

53

SWIPE (deprecated)

IP with Encryption

[John_Ioannidis]

54

NARP

NBMA Address Resolution Protocol

RFC 1735

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

RFC 8200

59

IPv6-NoNxt

No Next Header for IPv6

RFC 8200

60

IPv6-Opts

Destination Options for IPv6

RFC 8200

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

Transaction Transport Protocol

[Jim_Stevens]

84

IPTM

Internet Protocol Traffic Manager

[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

RFC 7868

89

OSPFIGP

OSPFIGP

RFC 1583RFC 2328RFC 5340
[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 (deprecated)

Mobile Internetworking Control Pro.

[John_Ioannidis]

96

SCC-SP

Semaphore Communications Sec. Pro.

[Howard_Hart]

97

ETHERIP

Ethernet-within-IP Encapsulation

RFC 3378

98

ENCAP

Encapsulation Header

RFC 1241
[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

RFC 7761
[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

RFC 2393

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

RFC 5798

113

PGM

PGM Reliable Transport Protocol

[Tony_Speakman]

114

 

any 0-hop protocol

[Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]

115

L2TP

Layer Two Tunneling Protocol

RFC 3931
[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 (deprecated)

Simple Multicast Protocol

[Jon_Crowcroft]
[draft-perlman-simple-multicast]

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]RFC 6172

134

RSVP-E2E-IGNORE

 

RFC 3175

135

Mobility Header

 

RFC 6275

136

UDPLite

 

RFC 3828

137

MPLS-in-IP

 

RFC 4023

138

manet

MANET Protocols

RFC 5498

139

HIP

Host Identity Protocol

RFC 7401

140

Shim6

Shim6 Protocol

RFC 5533

141

WESP

Wrapped Encapsulating Security Payload

RFC 5840

142

ROHC

Robust Header Compression

RFC 5858

143-252

 

Unassigned

[Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]

253

 

Use for experimentation and testing

RFC 3692

254

 

Use for experimentation and testing

RFC 3692

255

Reserved

 

[Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]