WhatsApp Chat Protocol

This page provides information on the WhatsApp Chat Protocol detected by the Netify DPI engine. The protocol primarily uses TCP port 5222 and TCP port 443.

Protocol Description

WhatsApp is a popular messaging and voice over IP (VoIP) service owned by Facebook. The WhatsApp Chat protocol is a variant of XMPP and handles messaging and notifications.

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

Protocol Details

ID
142
Category Tag
messaging
Category
Messaging
Introduced
Version 2.88

Protocol Ports - Detected

TCP 5222
Common
TCP 443
Common

Related Protocols

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