DCCP - IP Protocol
This page provides IP protocol information on the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) detected by the Netify DPI engine. Please see the IP protocol catalog for information on other IP protocols.
DCCP is the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol, a message-oriented transport protocol that adds congestion control to unreliable datagram delivery. Linux has a native handler for this IP protocol.
IP Protocol Details
- Name
- Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
- Abbreviation
- DCCP
- Status
- Active
- IANA Number
- 33
- IANA Keyword
- DCCP
- Reference
- DCCP
IP Protocol Status - Active
DCCP was standardized in RFC 4340 (2006) for applications like streaming media that want congestion control without TCP's reliability overhead, and has seen limited adoption.
IP Protocol Network Policy
DCCP is relevant only to applications specifically built on DCCP, such as some streaming or telephony signaling stacks, and is rarely required on general-purpose networks.