List of network protocols (OSI model)
This article is about network protocols organized by OSI model. For network protocols organized by TCP/IP model, see Internet Protocol Suite.
This is a list of network protocols, categorized by their nearest Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model layers. This list is not exclusive to only the OSI protocol family. Many of these protocols are originally based on the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) and other models and they often do not fit neatly into OSI layers.
| The OSI model |
|---|
| 7 Application layer |
| 6 Presentation layer |
| 5 Session layer |
| 4 Transport layer |
| 3 Network layer |
| 2 Data link layer |
| 1 Physical layer |
Layer 1+2 protocols (Physical)
- Ethernet
- GFP ITU-T G.7041 Generic Framing Procedure
- OTN ITU-T G.709 Optical Transport Network also called Optical Channel Wrapper or Digital Wrapper Technology
Layer 2 protocols (Data Link Layer)
- ARCnet Attached Resource Computer NETwork
- CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol
- DCAP Data Link Switching Client Access Protocol
- Distributed Multi-Link Trunking
- Distributed Split Multi-Link Trunking
- Dynamic Trunking Protocol
- Econet
- FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
- Frame Relay
- ITU-T G.hn Data Link Layer
- HDLC High-Level Data Link Control
- IEEE 802.11 WiFi
- IEEE 802.16 WiMAX
- LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol
- LattisNet
- 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
- PAgP - Cisco Systems proprietary link aggregation protocol
- PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
- PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
- Q.710 Simplified Message Transfer Part
- Multi-link trunking Protocol
- RPR IEEE 802.17 Resilient Packet Ring
- SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol (obsolete)
- StarLAN
- STP Spanning Tree Protocol
- Split multi-link trunking Protocol
- Token ring a protocol developed by IBM; the name can also be used to describe the token passing ring logical topology that it popularized.
- VTP VLAN Trunking Protocol
Layer 2+3 protocols
- ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- Frame relay, a simplified version of X.25 welcome
- MPLS Multi-protocol label switching
- SPB Shortest Path Bridging
- X.25
Layer 1+2+3 protocols
Layer 3 protocols (Network Layer)
- ARP Address Resolution Protocol
- RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
- CLNP Connectionless Networking Protocol
- EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol
- EIGRP Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
- ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
- IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
- IGRP Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
- IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4
- IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6
- IPSec Internet Protocol Security
- IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange
- Routed-SMLT
- SCCP Signalling Connection Control Part
- AppleTalk DbP
Layer 3 protocols (Network Layer management)
- IS-IS Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System
- OSPF Open Shortest Path First
- BGP Border Gateway Protocol
- RIP Routing Information Protocol
- ICMP Router Discovery Protocol: Implementation of RFC 1256
- NDP Neighbor Discovery Protocol
- Gateway Discovery Protocol (GDP) is a Cisco protocol similar to IRDP
- IGRP
- EIGRP
L2 or L3 protocol like OSPF, BGP,ISIS, RIP,MPLS, DSL,ADSL, SDH,Sonet, DSLAM,VLAN,ATM,QoS,framerelay,
Layer 3.5 protocols
- HIP Host Identity Protocol
Layer 3+4 protocol suites
Layer 4 protocols (Transport Layer)
- AH Authentication Header over IP or IPSec
- ESP Encapsulating Security Payload over IP or IPSec
- GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation for tunneling
- IL Originally developed as transport layer for 9P
- SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol
- Sinec H1 for telecontrol
- SPX Sequenced Packet Exchange
- TCP Transmission Control Protocol
- UDP User Datagram Protocol
- DCCP Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
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
- SOCKS "SOCKetS"
Other protocols
- Controller Area Network (CAN)
Layer 7 protocols (Application Layer)
- ADC, A peer-to-peer file sharing protocol
- AFP, Apple Filing Protocol
- BACnet, Building Automation and Control Network protocol
- BitTorrent, A peer-to-peer file sharing protocol
- BOOTP, Bootstrap Protocol
- CAMEL, an SS7 protocol tool for the home operator
- Diameter, an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol
- DICOM includes a network protocol definition
- DICT, Dictionary protocol
- DNS, Domain Name System
- DSM-CC Digital Storage Media Command and Control
- DSNP, Distributed Social Networking Protocol
- DHCP, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- ED2K, A peer-to-peer file sharing protocol
- FTP, File Transfer Protocol
- Finger, which gives user profile information
- Gnutella, a peer-to-peer file-swapping protocol
- Gopher, a hierarchical hyperlinkable protocol
- HTTP, Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- HTTPS, Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
- IMAP, Internet Message Access Protocol
- IRC, Internet Relay Chat
- ISUP, ISDN User Part
- LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- MIME, Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- MSNP, Microsoft Notification Protocol (used by Windows Live Messenger)
- MAP, Mobile Application Part
- NetBIOS, File Sharing and Name Resolution protocol - the basis of file sharing with Windows.
- NNTP, Network News Transfer Protocol
- NTP, Network Time Protocol
- NTCIP, National Transportation Communications for Intelligent Transportation System Protocol
- POP3 Post Office Protocol Version 3
- RADIUS, an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol
- RDP, Remote Desktop 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
- SISNAPI, Siebel Internet Session Network API
- SIP, Session Initiation Protocol, a signaling protocol
- SMTP, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SNMP, Simple Network Management Protocol
- SOAP, Simple Object Access Protocol
- SMB, Microsoft Server Message Block Protocol
- STUN, Session Traversal Utilities for NAT
- TUP, Telephone User Part
- Telnet, a remote terminal access protocol
- TCAP, Transaction Capabilities Application Part
- TFTP, Trivial File Transfer Protocol, a simple file transfer protocol
- WebDAV, Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
- XMPP, an instant-messaging protocol
Protocol description languages
- Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
- Abstract Syntax Notation Two (ASN.2)
See also
- List of automation protocols
- Systems Network Architecture (SNA) developed by IBM
- Distributed Systems Architecture (DSA) developed by Honeywell-Bull
- Distributed System Security Architecture (DSSA)
Further reading
- Network Protocols Handbook. Javvin Technologies. 2005. ISBN 978-0-9740945-2-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=D_GrQa2ZcLwC.
External links
- Protocol Encapsulation Chart - A PDF file illustrating the relationship between common protocols and the OSI Reference Model.
- Network Protocols Acronyms and Abbreviations - list of network protocols with abbreviations order by index.
