DCN Measurement Subsystems - IP Protocol
This page provides IP protocol information on the DCN Measurement Subsystems IP protocol (DCN-MEAS) detected by the Netify DPI engine. Please see the IP protocol catalog for information on other IP protocols.
DCN-MEAS is DCN Measurement Subsystems, a protocol used within the DARPA-funded Distributed Computing Network project to gather network performance measurements.
IP Protocol Details
- Name
- DCN Measurement Subsystems
- Abbreviation
- DCN-MEAS
- Status
- Inactive
- IANA Number
- 19
- IANA Keyword
- DCN-MEAS
- Network Policy
- Drop
- Reference
- DCN Measurement Subsystems
IP Protocol Status - Inactive
DCN-MEAS is an early 1980s research-network measurement protocol, and is historical, with no continuing deployment.
IP Protocol Network Policy
IP protocol #19 - DCN Measurement Subsystems - 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.