Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP)
The SSDP protocol can discover Plug & Play devices, with uPnP (Universal Plug and Play). SSDP uses unicast and multicast adress (239.255.255.250). SSDP is HTTP like protocol and work with NOTIFY and M-SEARCH methods.
SSDP can be used over IPv4 and IPv6.
History
Protocol dependencies
- SSDP uses UDP transport protocol on port 1900
Example traffic
Wireshark
The SSDP dissector is partially functional : there is no ssdp filter, but, the http filter show HTTP and SSDP protocols. The solution is to filter with the destination port (see Display filter).
Preference Settings
SSDP has no preference setting.
Example capture file
Nothing yet
Display Filter
udp.dstport == 1900
http
Capture Filter
udp port 1900
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