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Internet Control Message Protocol
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core protocol of the Internet Protocol suite, mainly used on IPv4 networks to indicate error messages in network operations
Key facts
- Purpose
- Auxiliary protocol for IPv4
- Developer s
- DARPA
- Introduction
- 1981 ; 45 years ago ( 1981 )
- Osi layer
- Network layer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- computer network protocol
- Part of
- Internet protocol suite
- Followed by
- Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6
- Image
- ICMP header - General-ar.svg
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- Commons category
- ICMPv4
- OSI Model layer location
- network layer
- used by
- networking hardware
- inception
- 1981-00-00
- port
- 1
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