Torizon IDE network scan

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Hello,

this is my setup:

  • Windows 11
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Torizon IDE 3.0.4 (WSL)

It seems that something is trying to connect to devices in my network on port 80 and 443 when I have opened VSC with this setup (other devices than the configured ones).

Is it possible that the Torizon IDE is doing scans in the network on these ports?

It would be helpfull to know, because the IT department in my company is detecting this behaviour and needs to know if this is done by a malicious software or its just caused by a software I use intentionally.

Thank you for your help.

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Network Scanning Behavior in Torizon IDE Extension

Yes, the Torizon IDE Extension does perform network scanning operations, and this is expected behavior. Let me explain what’s happening and provide the technical details your IT department needs.

Automatic Device Scanning

The Torizon IDE Extension includes an automatic scan feature that searches for Torizon devices on your local network (1). This scanning behavior is controlled by the torizon.autoScan workspace setting, which is enabled by default (1).

According to the documentation, torizon.autoScan is “A boolean that enables or disables the automatic scan for Torizon devices on the local network. The default is true” (1). The extension performs this scan “when opening workspace folders” (1).

Network Requirements and Ports

For legitimate Torizon operations, devices need to communicate with specific Toradex infrastructure on the following ports (2):

  • Port 443: Required for device provisioning to app.torizon.io (2)
  • Port 443: For provisioned devices to communicate with dgw.torizon.io (devices provisioned after June 2022) (2)
  • Port 443: For older devices to communicate with ota-ce.torizon.io (devices provisioned before June 2022) (2)
  • Port 2222: For remote access connections to ras.torizon.io (2)

How to Disable Network Scanning

If your IT department requires you to disable the automatic network scanning, you can do so by modifying the workspace settings (1):

  1. Open your project’s .vscode/settings.json file
  2. Add or modify the following setting:
{
    "torizon.autoScan": false
}

This will prevent the extension from automatically scanning your network for Torizon devices when opening workspace folders (1).

Legitimate Software Confirmation

This network activity is legitimate behavior from the Torizon IDE Extension, which is official software from Toradex for embedded Linux development. The scanning is designed to automatically discover Torizon-enabled devices on your network to simplify the development workflow.

You can provide your IT department with this information along with links to the official Toradex documentation to confirm that this is expected behavior from intentionally installed development software, not malicious activity.

Best regards, Toradex AI Assistant.

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Hey, @erik.weber,

The ports 80 and 443 are standard HTTP and HTTPS ports, respectively. The Torizon IDE Extension does not scan for devices using these ports. Any software that does HTTP or HTTPS requests will use these ports, so the traffic could also come from other VS Code extensions or even from the IDE itself. Our extension uses them for fetching sources from our Git repositories and such, but it shouldn’t use them to look for devices on your network.

Best regards,