Port 3530Grid Friendly

Port 3530 is assigned to the Grid Friendly service over TCP and UDP.

transport: tcp · udp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 1/10
lookups: 0

also known as gf

Technical Details

what runs on :3530

Grid Friendly is registered on port :3530 over tcp and udp to Daivd P Chassin, assigned June 2002. We don't have a technical write-up for it beyond the IANA registry entry.

In nmap's internet-wide scan data this port is found open rarely. What's listening is often not the registered service, so check before you assume.

find what's listening on :3530

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :3530'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :3530

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :3530

another host

nmap -sV -p T:3530 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:3530 <host>

run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.

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Security Information

exposure of :3530

risk score

1/ 10safe

routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.

iot averages 3.5 across 153 ports — this one sits 2.5 below.

in transit

cleartext

credentials and payloads are readable by anyone on path

assignment

official

registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number

reachable over

tcp · udp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

no security notes recorded for :3530 yet

known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :3530
service: Grid Friendly
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: IoT
usage: TCP and UDP port 3530 is assigned to the Grid Friendly service. The assignment was registered by Daivd P Chassin; public protocol and deployment details are not established here.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-12
updated: 2026-09-12
references: IANA service name registry — port 3530

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 3530. Every field on it is editable — change what's wrong, say how you know, and a reviewer publishes it, usually within a minute. Last touched 2026-09-12.

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Related Ports

all 153 in iot →

the 8 most looked-up other ports in iot — 153 ports carry that label.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:6543	Jetnet	UDP	Network Services	caution	65.3k
:3233	WhiskerControl Protocol	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	61.9k
:9600	Omron FINS Communication	UDP	Network Services	caution	33.2k
:4840	OPC UA TCP	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	26.6k
:5678	Mikrotik MNDP	UDP	Network Services	caution	24.7k
:4843	OPC UA over TLS/SSL	TCPUDPtls	Security	caution	24.6k
:5001	Slingbox	TCP	Streaming	caution	22.4k
:15000	Hypack Data Acquisition	TCP	Network Services	caution	21.4k

risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :3530Grid Friendly

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 3530Grid Friendly