IP with Encryption - IP Protocol
This page provides IP protocol information on the IP with Encryption IP protocol (SwIPe) detected by the Netify DPI engine. Please see the IP protocol catalog for information on other IP protocols.
SwIPe is swIPe, an early experimental IP-layer encryption protocol that provided confidentiality for IP traffic before IPsec was standardized.
IP Protocol Details
- Name
- IP with Encryption
- Abbreviation
- SwIPe
- Status
- Inactive
- IANA Number
- 53
- IANA Keyword
- SwIPe
- Network Policy
- Drop
- Reference
- IP with Encryption
IP Protocol Status - Inactive
SwIPe was proposed in the early 1990s and was an important influence on IPsec's design; its IANA assignment has since been marked deprecated.
IP Protocol Network Policy
IP protocol #53 - IP with Encryption - 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.