Internet protocol
nounid
3000·updated May 9, 2026verified
Standard protocol for transmission of data from source to destinations in packet-switched communications networks and interconnected systems of such networks.
polysemousMWE
Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
03.01.08.b ¶ 203.05.02 ¶ 23.2.1 ¶ 62
Classifications
Entity Type
Network95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- acronym
- IPIP packet spoofing
- plural
- Internet protocols
- possessive
- Internet protocol's
- pluralpossessive
- Internet protocols'
Framework definitions
- §1
- The method or protocol by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet.
- §1
- Specifies the format of packets and the addressing scheme
- §2 · sense_2_pending_review
- An attack using packets with the spoofed source Internet packet (IP) addresses. Scope Note: This technique exploits applications that use authentication based on IP addresses. This technique also may enable an unauthorized user to gain root access on the target system.
- §1
- Standard protocol for transmission of data from source to destinations in packet-switched communications networks and interconnected systems of such networks.
- §1
- Standard protocol for transmission of data from source to destinations in packet-switched communications networks and interconnected systems of such networks.
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 3 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Standard protocol for transmission of data from source to destinations in packet-switched communications networks and interconnected systems of such networks.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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