Port 3880IGRS
The Intelligent Grouping and Resource Sharing (IGRS) protocol facilitates seamless interconnection and resource sharing between consumer electronics, PCs, mobile devices, and networked appliances. It aims to enable easy discovery, connectivity, and collaboration across diverse devices found largely in home networks, smart environments, and multimedia setups..
- transport
- tcp · udp
- in transit
- cleartext
- assignment
- official
- risk
- 4/10
- lookups
- 5,221
2 transports registered
payload readable on path
registered with iana
caution
rank 903 of 993 · top 91%
Technical Details
what runs on :3880The IGRS (Intelligent Grouping and Resource Sharing) protocol is designed to enable devices within a network to automatically detect each other and interact with minimal user intervention. With roots in the consumer electronics industry, it aims to simplify tasks like device discovery, pairing, and sharing of multimedia content, files, and services across TVs, PCs, set-top boxes, and smart home appliances.
IGRS employs a service-oriented architecture that supports flexible communication mechanisms. It typically leverages TCP and UDP transport for different data transmission purposes: TCP for reliable messaging and control commands, UDP for efficient streaming of multimedia or status updates. The protocol stack is designed to work over IP networks, often combined with UPnP and related discovery techniques to enumerate available devices and their capabilities.
Devices in an IGRS ecosystem can be organized logically into groups that share resources transparently. This grouping enables scenarios like displaying smartphone videos on a smart TV, printing from a tablet without manual configuration, or seamlessly controlling smart home devices. The protocol is optimized for interoperability among Chinese-developed smart devices but is applicable broadly for IoT-like environments.
Security Information
exposure of :3880risk score
4/ 10caution
worth attention. how exposed you are depends on configuration — don't leave it reachable from the internet without a reason.
network services averages 3.9 across 604 ports — this one sits 0.1 above.
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
Common Vulnerabilities:
- Unauthorized access if devices on the network offer insufficient authentication or expose excessive services
- Vulnerabilities in device firmware implementing IGRS could be exploited remotely over open ports
- Potential for man-in-the-middle attacks if communications are not encrypted or integrity-protected
- Resource exhaustion by abusing broadcast/multicast discovery features
Common Mitigations:
- Use strong access controls and authentication on IGRS-enabled devices
- Regularly update firmware to patch device-specific vulnerabilities
- Segment and control the network traffic using VLANs or firewalls; only trusted devices should communicate
- Disable unneeded IGRS features if not in use
- Employ encrypted communication channels whenever possible and monitor for unusual service discovery activity
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risk mix of the 8 listed
- caution100%
0 of 8 encrypted