BBN RCC Monitoring - IP Protocol

This page provides IP protocol information on the BBN RCC Monitoring IP protocol (BBN-RCC-MON) detected by the Netify DPI engine. Please see the IP protocol catalog for information on other IP protocols.

BBN-RCC-MON is BBN RCC Monitoring, a protocol used by Bolt Beranek and Newman for remote monitoring of ARPANET packet switching nodes and circuits.

IP Protocol Details

Name
BBN RCC Monitoring
Abbreviation
BBN-RCC-MON
Status
Inactive
IANA Number
10
IANA Keyword
BBN-RCC-MON
Network Policy
Drop
Reference
BBN RCC Monitoring

IP Protocol Status - Inactive

BBN-RCC-MON is an internal ARPANET-era operations protocol from the 1980s, and was long ago retired along with the monitored ARPANET infrastructure.

IP Protocol Network Policy

IP protocol #10 - BBN RCC Monitoring - is typically dropped by edge routers and firewalls. Advanced threat actors and malware families can use these non-standard IP protocol numbers for lateral movement (east-west communication) inside internal networks.