BFD Protocol

This page provides information on the BFD Protocol detected by the Netify DPI engine. The protocol operates on 4 ports registered with the IANA. The port information is provided below.

Protocol Description

The BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection) protocol is a lightweight, rapid failure detection mechanism used to monitor and verify the liveliness of network paths between two devices.

Please see the protocol catalog page for information on other protocols detected by Netify DPI.

Protocol Details

ID
336
Full Name
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
Abbreviation
BFD
Category Tag
networking
Category
Networking
Home Page
BFD
Introduced
Version 5.1.7

Protocol Ports - RFC

TCP 3784
BFD Control Protocol
UDP 3784
BFD Control Protocol
TCP 3785
BFD Echo Protocol
UDP 3785
BFD Echo Protocol

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