WCCP.V2

Description

This indicates an attempt to use the WCCP V2 protocol.
Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP) is a content-routing protocol, which is used to redirect real-time traffic flows. It is developed by Cisco and is built with load balancing, scaling, fault tolerance, and fail safe mechanisms. WCCPv2 allows up to 32 routers, supports any IP protocol, and adds MD5 shared secret security.

Affected Products

WCCPv2

Impact

Unexpected network communication

Technology

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

Behavior

• Reasonable

Default Ports

• UDP/2048

References

• https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mclaggan-wccp-v2rev1-00