Port 7072IBA Device Configuration Protocol

TCP port 7072 is assigned to IBA AG's IBA Device Configuration Protocol.

inIoT
transport
tcp

single transport

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 5,168 · top 19%

also known as iba-cfg

Technical Details

what runs on :7072

IBA Device Configuration Protocol is registered on port :7072 over tcp to iba AG, assigned February 2018. 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 :7072

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :7072'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :7072

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :7072
another host
nmap -sV -p T:7072 <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 :7072

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 159 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

every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge

security overview

no security notes recorded for :7072 yet

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

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