DHCP

Description

This indicates an attempt to use the DHCP protocol.
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network protocol to distribute network configuration parameters dynamically like IP addresses for interfaces. IP addresses and network parameters are obtained from a DHCP server.

Affected Products

DHCP

Impact

Network resources consumption

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Reasonable

Default Ports

• TCP/67-68
• UDP/67-68

References

• https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2131.txt