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Take a look at Axis Secure Remote Access solution for a way to avoid port forwarding (with its issues) and still get remote access, basically no configuration a
by dimman 10y ago
Take a look at Axis Secure Remote Access solution for a way to avoid port forwarding (with its issues) and still get remote access, basically no configuration at all except from actually initially adding the camera to your site.
Only works on Axis cameras though with Axis client software I should mention.
- illumin8 10y agoTake a look at Blue Iris (unfortunately Windows only). It supports almost every camera imaginable, and has the benefit that it runs on a single Windows server you can secure, while it pulls camera feeds directly from the cameras over your private network. You can still download a mobile app and connect securely to the video server to browse recordings or watch live feeds. I much prefer this model, because then I don't have to trust all these terrible cameras; simply isolate them on a private wifi network that only your Blue Iris server can reach.
- icebraining 10y agoThat's essentially using their servers as a middle-man. Which raises the question: why would one trust Axis to build servers that withstand attacks but not to build cameras that do the same?
- dimman 10y agoIt's still end-to-end encrypted though. Going through their servers it is in case peer-to-peer isn't possible to setup, otherwise it's a direct encrypted link between you and your camera (with client+server certificate validation) without any mediator servers. Regarding servers vs cameras: To oversimplify; servers can have exponentially more capacity. Either how, in this case, the traffic is encrypted in each end so there's nothing to be done by "the middle man servers", they can't decrypt anything cause they don't possess the keys.