Protocol Numbers

Last Updated 2016-06-22

Reference [RFC5237][RFC7045]
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.
Note
Values that are also IPv6 Extension Header Types should be listed in the
IPv6 Extension Header Types registry at [IANA registry ipv6-parameters].

Decimal

Keyword

Protocol

IPv6 Extension

Reference
Header
Y

HOPOPT

IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Option

[RFC24

ICMP

Internet Control Message

[RFC79

IGMP

Internet Group Management

[RFC11

GGP

Gateway-to-Gateway

[RFC82

IPv4

IPv4 encapsulation

[RFC20

Stream

[RFC11

Transmission Control

[RFC79

CBT

[Tony_

Exterior Gateway Protocol

[RFC88

60]
2]
12]
3]
03]
5
ST
90][RFC1819]
6
TCP
3]
7
CBT
Ballardie]
8
EGP
8][David_Mills]

any private interior gateway

9
IGP
(used by Cisco for their
net_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]
IGRP)
10
BBN-RCC-MON
BBN RCC Monitoring
_Chipman]
11
NVP-II
Network Voice Protocol
1][Steve_Casner]

[Inter
[Steve
[RFC74
[Boggs

, D., J. Shoch, E. Taft, and R. Metcalfe, "PUP: An Internetwork

12
PUP
PUP
ecture", XEROX Palo Alto Research Center, CSL-79-10, July 1979;

Archit
also i

n IEEE Transactions on Communication, Volume COM-28, Number 4,

April
1980.][[XEROX]]
13
ARGUS (deprecated) ARGUS
t_W_Scheifler]
14
EMCON
EMCON

[Rober
[<myst

ery contact>]
15
XNET
Cross Net Debugger
ty, J., "XNET Formats for Internet Protocol Version 4", IEN 158,

[Haver
Octobe

r 1980.][Jack_Haverty]
16
CHAOS
Chaos
l_Chiappa]
17
UDP
User Datagram
8][Jon_Postel]
18
MUX
Multiplexing
, D. and J. Postel, "Multiplexing Protocol", IEN 90,

[J_Noe
[RFC76
[Cohen
USC/In

formation Sciences Institute,

19
DCN-MEAS
_Mills]
20
HMP
9][Bob_Hinden]
21
PRM
ing_Su]

May 1979.][Jon_Postel]
DCN Measurement Subsystems

[David

Host Monitoring

[RFC86

Packet Radio Measurement

[Zaw_S
["The

Ethernet, A Local Area Network: Data Link Layer and Physical Layer
Specif
ication", AA-K759B-TK, Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA.
Also a
s: "The Ethernet - A Local Area Network", Version 1.0, Digital
Equipm
ent Corporation, Intel Corporation, Xerox Corporation, September
22
XNS-IDP
XEROX NS IDP
And: "The Ethernet, A Local Area Network: Data Link Layer and

1980.
Physic

al Layer Specifications", Digital, Intel and Xerox, November 1982.

And: X
EROX, "The Ethernet, A Local Area Network: Data Link Layer and
Physic
al Layer Specification", X3T51/80-50, Xerox Corporation, Stamford,
CT., O
ctober 1980.][[XEROX]]
23
TRUNK-1
_Boehm]
24
TRUNK-2
_Boehm]
25
LEAF-1
_Boehm]
26
LEAF-2
_Boehm]
27
RDP
8][Bob_Hinden]
28
IRTP
8][Trudy_Miller]
29
ISO-TP4
5][<mystery contact>]
30
NETBLT
9][David_Clark]

Trunk-1

[Barry

Trunk-2

[Barry

Leaf-1

[Barry

Leaf-2

[Barry

Reliable Data Protocol

[RFC90

Internet Reliable

[RFC93

Transaction
ISO Transport Protocol Class

[RFC90

4
Bulk Data Transfer Protocol

[RFC96

MFE Network Services

leworth, B., "A Documentary of MFENet, a National Computer
31
MFE-NSP
Protocol
k", UCRL-52317, Lawrence Livermore Labs, Livermore, California,

[Shutt
Networ
June 1

977.][Barry_Howard]
32
MERIT-INP
Werner_Braun]
33
DCCP
40]

MERIT Internodal Protocol

[Hans_

Datagram Congestion Control

[RFC43

Protocol
Third Party Connect Protocol

[Stuar

Inter-Domain Policy Routing

[Marth

Protocol
XTP

[Greg_

Datagram Delivery Protocol

[Wesle

IDPR Control Message

[Marth

TP++

Transport Proto
TP++ Transport Protocol

[Dirk_

IL

IL Transport Protocol

[Dave_

IPv6

IPv6 encapsulation

[RFC24

SDRP

Source Demand Routing

[Debor

34
3PC
t_A_Friedberg]
35
IDPR
a_Steenstrup]
36
XTP
Chesson]
37
DDP
y_Craig]
38
IDPR-CMTP
a_Steenstrup]
39
Fromhein]
40
Presotto]
41
73]
42
ah_Estrin]

43
IPv6-Route
_Deering]
44
IPv6-Frag
_Deering]
45
IDRP
ares]

[Steve

Fragment Header for IPv6

[Steve

Inter-Domain Routing

[Sue_H

Protocol
Reservation Protocol

[RFC22

Generic Routing

[RFC27

DSR

Encapsulation
Dynamic Source Routing

[RFC47

BNA

Protocol
BNA

[Gary

ESP

Encap Security Payload

[RFC43

AH

Authentication Header

[RFC43

I-NLSP

Integrated Net Layer

46
RSVP
05][RFC3209][Bob_Braden]
47
GRE
84][Tony_Li]
48

Protocol
Routing Header for IPv6

28]
49
Salamon]
50
03]
51
02]
52
ert_Glenn]

Security TUBA
53
SWIPE (deprecated) IP with Encryption
Ioannidis]
54
NARP
NBMA Address Resolution
35]
Protocol
55
MOBILE
IP Mobility
ie_Perkins]
Transport Layer Security
56
TLSP
Protocol using Kryptonet key

[K_Rob
[John_
[RFC17
[Charl
[Chris

ter_Oberg]
management
57
SKIP
SKIP
arkson]
58
IPv6-ICMP
ICMP for IPv6
60]
59
IPv6-NoNxt
No Next Header for IPv6
60]
60
IPv6-Opts
Destination Options for IPv6
Y
60]
61
any host internal protocol
net_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]
62
CFTP
CFTP
ick, H., "CFTP", Network Message, Bolt Beranek and Newman, January

[Tom_M
[RFC24
[RFC24
[RFC24
[Inter
[Forsd
1982.]

[Harry_Forsdick]
63
any local network
net_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]
64
SAT-EXPAK
SATNET and Backroom EXPAK
n_Blumenthal]
65
KRYPTOLAN
Kryptolan
Liu]
66
RVD
MIT Remote Virtual Disk
el_Greenwald]
Protocol
67
IPPC
Internet Pluribus Packet
n_Blumenthal]
Core
68
any distributed file system
net_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]
69
SAT-MON
SATNET Monitoring
n_Blumenthal]
70
VISA
VISA Protocol
Tsudik]
71
IPCV
Internet Packet Core Utility
n_Blumenthal]
72
CPNX
Computer Protocol Network
Mittnacht]
Executive
73
CPHB
Computer Protocol Heart Beat
Mittnacht]
74
WSN
Wang Span Network
r Dafoulas]
75
PVP
Packet Video Protocol
_Casner]
76
BR-SAT-MON
Backroom SATNET Monitoring
n_Blumenthal]
77
SUN-ND
SUN ND PROTOCOL-Temporary
am_Melohn]
78
WB-MON
WIDEBAND Monitoring
n_Blumenthal]
79
WB-EXPAK
WIDEBAND EXPAK
n_Blumenthal]
80
ISO-IP
ISO Internet Protocol
all_T_Rose]
81
VMTP
VMTP
Cheriton]
82
SECURE-VMTP
SECURE-VMTP
Cheriton]
83
VINES
VINES

[Inter
[Steve
[Paul
[Micha
[Steve
[Inter
[Steve
[Gene_
[Steve
[David
[David
[Victo
[Steve
[Steve
[Willi
[Steve
[Steve
[Marsh
[Dave_
[Dave_
[Brian

Horn]
84
tevens]

TTP

Transaction Transport

[Jim_S

84
tevens]

IPTM

Protocol
Internet Protocol Traffic

[Jim_S

Manager
85
NSFNET-IGP
NSFNET-IGP
Werner_Braun]
86
DGP
Dissimilar Gateway Protocol
OM Government Systems, "Dissimilar Gateway Protocol Specification,

[Hans_
[M/A-C
Draft

Version", Contract no. CS901145, November 16, 1987.][Mike_Little]

87
TCF
TCF
ermo_A_Loyola]
88
EIGRP
EIGRP
68]
89
OSPFIGP
OSPFIGP
83][RFC2328][RFC5340][John_Moy]

[Guill
[RFC78
[RFC15
[Welch

, B., "The Sprite Remote Procedure Call System", Technical Report,

90
Sprite-RPC
Sprite RPC Protocol
mputer Science Dept., 86/302, University of California at Berkeley,

UCB/Co
June 1

986.][Bruce Willins]
91
LARP
Horn]
92
MTP
_Armstrong]
93
AX.25
_Kantor]
94
IPIP
Ioannidis]

Locus Address Resolution

[Brian

Protocol
Multicast Transport Protocol

[Susie

AX.25 Frames

[Brian

IP-within-IP Encapsulation

[John_

Protocol
95
MICP (deprecated) Mobile Internetworking
Ioannidis]
Control Pro.
96
SCC-SP
Semaphore Communications
d_Hart]
Sec. Pro.
97
ETHERIP
Ethernet-within-IP
78]
Encapsulation
98
ENCAP
Encapsulation Header
41][Robert_Woodburn]
99
any private encryption
net_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]
scheme
100 GMTP
GMTP
]]
101 IFMP
Ipsilon Flow Management
inden][November 1995, 1997.]
Protocol
102 PNNI
PNNI over IP
Callon]
103 PIM
Protocol Independent
61][Dino_Farinacci]
Multicast
104 ARIS
ARIS

[John_
[Howar
[RFC33
[RFC12
[Inter
[[RXB5
[Bob_H
[Ross_
[RFC77
[Nancy

_Feldman]
105
t_Durst]
106
el_Hunter]
107
raden]
108
93]

SCPS

SCPS

[Rober

QNX

QNX

[Micha

A/N

Active Networks

[Bob_B

IPComp

IP Payload Compression

[RFC23

Protocol
Sitara Networks Protocol

[Manic

Compaq Peer Protocol

[Victo

IPX in IP

[CJ_Le

Virtual Router Redundancy

[RFC57

Protocol
PGM Reliable Transport

[Tony_

109 SNP
kam_R_Sridhar]
110 Compaq-Peer
r_Volpe]
111 IPX-in-IP
e]
112 VRRP
98]
113 PGM
Speakman]

Protocol
114
any 0-hop protocol
net_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]
115 L2TP
Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
31][Bernard_Aboba]
116 DDX
D-II Data Exchange (DDX)
Worley]
117 IATP
Interactive Agent Transfer
Murphy]
Protocol
118 STP
Schedule Transfer Protocol
Michel_Pittet]
119 SRP
SpectraLink Radio Protocol
Hamilton]
120 UTI
UTI
_Lothberg]
121 SMP
Simple Message Protocol
Ekblad]
122 SM (deprecated)
Simple Multicast Protocol
rowcroft][draft-perlman-simple-multicast]
123 PTP
Performance Transparency
el_Welzl]
Protocol
124 ISIS over IPv4
Przygienda]
125 FIRE
_Partridge]
126 CRTP
Combat Radio Transport
t_Sautter]
Protocol
127 CRUDP
Combat Radio User Datagram
t_Sautter]
128 SSCOPMCE
Waber]
129 IPLT
bach]]
130 SPS
Secure Packet Shield
McIntosh]
131 PIPE
Private IP Encapsulation

[Inter
[RFC39
[John_
[John_
[Jean_
[Mark_
[Peter
[Leif_
[Jon_C
[Micha
[Tony_
[Criag
[Rober
[Rober
[Kurt_
[[Holl
[Bill_
[Bernh

ard_Petri]
132 SCTP
ll_R_Stewart]
133 FC
i_Rajagopal][RFC6172]
134 RSVP-E2E-IGNORE
75]
135 Mobility Header
75]
136 UDPLite
28]
137 MPLS-in-IP
23]
138 manet
98]
139 HIP
01]
140 Shim6
33]
141 WESP
40]
142

ROHC

within IP
Stream Control Transmission

[Randa

Protocol
Fibre Channel

[Mural
[RFC31
Y

[RFC62
[RFC38
[RFC40

MANET Protocols

[RFC54

Host Identity Protocol

[RFC74

Shim6 Protocol

[RFC55

Wrapped Encapsulating

[RFC58

Security Payload
Robust Header Compression

[RFC58

58]
143-252
Unassigned
net_Assigned_Numbers_Authority]
253
Use for experimentation and
92]
testing
254
Use for experimentation and
92]
testing
255 Reserved

[Inter
Y

[RFC36

[RFC36