WIDEBAND Monitoring - IP Protocol
This page provides IP protocol information on the WIDEBAND Monitoring IP protocol (WB-MON) detected by the Netify DPI engine. Please see the IP protocol catalog for information on other IP protocols.
WB-MON is WIDEBAND Monitoring, a protocol used to monitor the WIDEBAND satellite network, an early experimental high-bandwidth research network.
IP Protocol Details
- Name
- WIDEBAND Monitoring
- Abbreviation
- WB-MON
- Status
- Inactive
- IANA Number
- 78
- IANA Keyword
- WB-MON
- Network Policy
- Drop
- Reference
- WIDEBAND Monitoring
IP Protocol Status - Inactive
WB-MON is a 1980s-era WIDEBAND network monitoring protocol, and is historical, tied to research network infrastructure long since retired.
IP Protocol Network Policy
IP protocol #78 - WIDEBAND Monitoring - 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.