Internet Device Control Protocol

Internet protocol device control ipdc is a 1998 specification of a communications protocol for voice over internet protocol voip telephony developed by level 3 communications.

Internet device control protocol.

Ipdc divides the operation of telephony gateways between intelligent call routers in an internet protocol ip network and simple media gateways at the edge of the ip network and the public switched telephone. Icmp is part of the internet protocol suite as defined in rfc 792 icmp messages are typically used for diagnostic or control purposes or generated in response to errors in ip operations as specified in rfc 1122 icmp errors are directed to the source ip address of the originating packet. According to its upnp data the remote device is a nat router which supports the internet gateway device igd standardized device control protocol. Internet gateway device igd standardized device control protocol is supported by some nat router s.

It is closely tied to the internet protocol ip. The upnp architecture allows device to device networking of consumer electronics mobile devices personal computers and networked home appliances it is a distributed open architecture protocol based on established standards such as the internet protocol suite tcp ip http xml and soap upnp control points cps are devices which use upnp protocols to control upnp controlled. Icmp has an appropriate version that coordinates with the ip. Internet gateway device igd standardized device control protocol is a protocol for mapping ports in network address translation nat setups supported by some nat enabled routers.

Icmp refers to the internet control message protocol. Tcp ip can also be used as a communications protocol in a private computer network an intranet or an extranet. Tcp ip or the transmission control protocol internet protocol is a suite of communication protocols used to interconnect network devices on the internet. It is a common method of automatically configuring port forwarding but is not an internet engineering task force document.

It is a common communications protocol for automatically configuring port forwarding and is part of an iso iec standard rather than an internet engineering task force standard. There are two versions of the internet protocol currently active. Applications using peer to peer networks multi player gaming and remote assistance programs need a way to communicate through home and business gateways. Port control protocol pcp is a computer networking protocol that allows hosts on ipv4 or ipv6 networks to control how the incoming ipv4 or ipv6 packets are translated and forwarded by an upstream router that performs network address translation nat or packet filtering by allowing hosts to create explicit port forwarding rules handling of the network traffic can be easily configured to.

Therefore the device is potentially vulnerable as the protocol can allow an adjacent attacker to punch holes in your firewall e g via a malicious flash animation or javascript.