Internet Control Message Protocol
nounid
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A set of protocols that allow systems to communicate information about the state of services on other systems Scope Note: For example, ICMP is used in determining whether systems are up, maximum packet sizes on links, whether a destination host/network/port is available. Hackers typically use (abuse) ICMP to determine information about the remote site.
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Classifications
Entity Type
Network95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- acronym
- ICMP
- plural
- Internet Control Message Protocols
- possessive
- Internet Control Message Protocol's
- pluralpossessive
- Internet Control Message Protocols'
Framework definitions
- §1
- An Internet Standard protocol that is used to report error conditions during IP datagram processing and to exchange other information concerning the state of the IP network.
- §1
- A set of protocols that allow systems to communicate information about the state of services on other systems Scope Note: For example, ICMP is used in determining whether systems are up, maximum packet sizes on links, whether a destination host/network/port is available. Hackers typically use (abuse) ICMP to determine information about the remote site.
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