IPv6 Protocol Names and Numbers

The IPv6 protocol can be one of the following well-known names or any IPv6 protocol number from 0 through 255:

  • Authentication Header (AH) protocol
  • Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
  • Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
  • Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
  • Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
  • Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
  • User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Note: TCP and UDP filters will be matched only if they are listed as the first option in the extension header.

For TCP and UDP, you also can specify a comparison operator and port name or number. For example, you can configure a policy to block web access to a specific website by denying all TCP port 80 (HTTP) packets from a specified source IPv6 address to the website IPv6 address.

IPv6 ACLs also provide support for filtering packets based on DSCP.

Parent topic: IPv6 ACLs