Minimal IPv4 Encapsulation - IP Protocol
This page provides IP protocol information on the Minimal IPv4 Encapsulation IP protocol (MOBILE) detected by the Netify DPI engine. Please see the IP protocol catalog for information on other IP protocols.
MOBILE is Minimal IPv4 Encapsulation, a lightweight variant of IP-in-IP tunneling designed to reduce header overhead for mobile IP traffic.
IP Protocol Details
- Name
- Minimal IPv4 Encapsulation
- Abbreviation
- MOBILE
- Status
- Inactive
- IANA Number
- 55
- IANA Keyword
- MOBILE
- Network Policy
- Drop
- Reference
- Minimal IPv4 Encapsulation
IP Protocol Status - Inactive
MOBILE was standardized in RFC 2004 (1996) for early Mobile IP work, and is niche, largely superseded by other tunneling and mobility mechanisms.
IP Protocol Network Policy
IP protocol #55 - Minimal IPv4 Encapsulation - 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.