Secure Packet Shield - IP Protocol
This page provides IP protocol information on the Secure Packet Shield IP protocol (SPS) detected by the Netify DPI engine. Please see the IP protocol catalog for information on other IP protocols.
SPS is Secure Packet Shield, a protocol proposed in the late 1990s to provide packet-level security protections for sensitive network traffic.
IP Protocol Details
- Name
- Secure Packet Shield
- Abbreviation
- SPS
- Status
- Inactive
- IANA Number
- 130
- IANA Keyword
- SPS
- Network Policy
- Drop
- Reference
- Secure Packet Shield
IP Protocol Status - Inactive
SPS is a little-documented 1990s-era security protocol, and is historical, with no known modern deployment.
IP Protocol Network Policy
IP protocol #130 - Secure Packet Shield - 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.