IL Transport Protocol
This page provides IP protocol information on the IL Transport Protocol (IL) detected by the Netify DPI engine. Please see the IP protocol catalog for information on other IP protocols.
IL is an experimental reliable transport protocol originally designed to carry the Plan 9 operating system's 9P file protocol.
IP Protocol Details
- Name
- IL Transport Protocol
- Abbreviation
- IL
- Status
- Inactive
- IANA Number
- 40
- IANA Keyword
- IL
- Network Policy
- Drop
- Reference
- IL Transport Protocol
IP Protocol Status - Inactive
IL was developed in the early 1990s at Bell Labs for the Plan 9 operating system, and is niche and largely historical today.
IP Protocol Network Policy
IP protocol #40 - IL Transport Protocol - 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.