Appendix B: Common IP Protocol Numbers
These are some of the more common IP Protocols. For a list of all protocols, follow the link
after the table.
Decimal
Keyword
1
ICMP
2
IGMP
3
GGP
4
IP
5
ST
6
TCP
8
EGP
17
UDP
47
GRE
50
ESP
51
AH
108
IPComp
112
VRRP
115
L2TP
Source: http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers
Description
Internet Control Message
Internet Group Management
Gateway-to-Gateway
IP in IP (encapsulation)
Stream
Transmission Control
Exterior Gateway Protocol
User Datagram
General
Encapsulation
Encapsulation
Payload
Authentication Header
I IP Payload Compression
Protocol
Virtual Router Redundancy
Protocol
Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
Reference
RFC792
RFC1112
RFC823
RFC2003
RFC1190, RFC1819
RFC793
RFC888
RFC768
Routing
Security
RFC2406
RFC2402
RFC2393