List of network protocols
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This is an incomplete list of individual network protocols, categorized by their nearest OSI model layers.
- ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
- PDH Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
- RS-232, a serial line interface originally developed to connect modems and computer terminals
- SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
- SONET Synchronous Optical NETworking
over voice telephone lines.
[edit] Layer 2 protocols (Data link layer)
- ARCnet
- CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol
- DCAP Data Link Switching Client Access Protocol
- Econet
- Ethernet
- FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
- Frame Relay
- HDLC High Level Data Link Control
- LocalTalk
- L2F Layer 2 Forwarding Protocol
- L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
- LAPD Link Access Procedures on the D channel
- LLDP Link Layer Discovery Protocol
- LLDP-MED Link Layer Discovery Protocol - Media Endpoint Discovery
- PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
- PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
- SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol (obsolete)
- StarLan
- STP Spanning Tree Protocol
- Token ring
- VTP VLAN Trunking Protocol
[edit] Layer 2+3 protocols
- ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- Frame relay, a simplified version of X.25
- MPLS Multi-protocol label switching
- Signalling System 7, also called SS7, C7 and CCIS7; a common PSTN control protocol.
- X.25
[edit] Layer 3 protocols (Network layer)
- ARP Address Resolution Protocol
- BGP Border Gateway Protocol
- EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol
- ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
- IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
- IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4
- IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6
- IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange
- IS-IS Intermediate system to intermediate system
- MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching
- OSPF Open Shortest Path First
- RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
[edit] Layer 3+4 protocols
- Xerox Network Services (XNS)
[edit] Layer 4 protocols (Transport layer)
- IL Originally developed as transport layer for 9P
- SPX Sequenced Packet Exchange
- SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol
- TCP Transmission Control Protocol
- UDP User Datagram Protocol
- Sinec H1 for telecontrol
[edit] Layer 5 protocols (Session layer)
- 9P Distributed file system protocol developed originally as part of Plan 9
- NCP NetWare Core Protocol
- NFS Network File System
- SMB Server Message Block (aka CIFS Common Internet FileSystem)
[edit] Layer 7 protocols (Application layer)
- AFP Apple Filing Protocol
- BACnet Building Automation and Control Network protocol
- BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol
- BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol
- DIAMETER, an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol
- DICT Dictionary protocol
- DNS Domain Name Service
- DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- FTP File Transfer Protocol
- Finger, which gives user profile information
- Gnutella, a peer-to-peer file-swapping protocol
- Gopher, a precursor of web search engines
- HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol, used in the World Wide Web
- IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
- IRC Internet Relay Chat protocol
- Jabber, an instant-messaging protocol
- LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- NNTP News Network Transfer Protocol
- NTP Network Time Protocol
- POP3 Post Office Protocol Version 3
- RADIUS, an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol
- Rlogin, a UNIX remote login protocol
- rsync, a file transfer protocol for backups, copying and mirroring
- RTP Real-time Transport Protocol
- RTSP Real-time Transport Streaming Protocol
- SSH Secure SHell
- SIP, Session Initiation Protocol, a signaling protocol
- SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
- SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
- Telnet, a remote terminal access protocol
- TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol, a simple file transfer protocol
- WebDAV Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
- RIP Routing Information Protocol
and secure versions of the above (HTTPS, etc.)
[edit] Protocol description languages
- Abstract syntax notation one (ASN.1)
[edit] Other protocols
- Controller Area Network (CAN)
- Digital Command Control (DCC)
- DSA Distributed Systems Architecture (Honeywell Bull)
- FIX protocol
- Gateway Discovery Protocol GDP is a Cisco protocol similar to IRDP
- ICMP Router Discovery Protocol Implementation of RFC 1256
- I²C
- List of automation protocols
- modbus
- SNA Systems Network Architecture (IBM)
- SOCKS
- STUN
[edit] External links
- Protocol Encapsulation Chart - A PDF file illustrating the relationship between common protocols and the OSI Reference Model.
- List of protocols – A very expansive list of protocols with examinations on many different types of protocols.
