TLSP - IP Protocol
This page provides IP protocol information on the Transport Layer Security Protocol (TLSP) detected by the Netify DPI engine. Please see the IP protocol catalog for information on other IP protocols.
TLSP is the Transport Layer Security Protocol using Kryptonet key management, an early transport-layer encryption scheme predating today's TLS.
IP Protocol Details
- Name
- Transport Layer Security Protocol
- Abbreviation
- TLSP
- Status
- Inactive
- IANA Number
- 56
- IANA Keyword
- TLSP
- Network Policy
- Drop
- Reference
- TLSP
IP Protocol Status - Inactive
TLSP is an early-1990s security protocol tied to the Kryptonet key-management scheme, and is historical, unrelated to and superseded by modern TLS.
IP Protocol Network Policy
IP protocol #56 - Transport Layer Security 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.