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The article mentions Nmap as a way of identifying cameras on the network. Does anyone know how robust of a solution this is, or if there are other ways of ensur
by jamestimmins 8y ago
The article mentions Nmap as a way of identifying cameras on the network. Does anyone know how robust of a solution this is, or if there are other ways of ensuring that any cameras are found?
- mi100hael 8y agoNmap can run a scan to find devices on the same network as your computer. It's fairly robust at detecting/identifying networked hosts. It won't find cameras that only record offline to a memory card and it won't find cameras that are on a different network (like if you're on a special guest network). Edit: for example, my home network has an IP cam. So when I run the following to scan my home subnet: nmap 10.0.0.0/24 I get an output that includes: Nmap scan report for ipcam_00626E4E5B97_1.local (10.0.0.50) Host is up (0.023s latency). Not shown: 999 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 80/tcp open http From that I can deduce that 10.0.0.50 is a camera and serving some sort of management web page.
- InclinedPlane 8y agoNot robust at all. It assumes that the person who set up the cameras and the network is basically just an amateur. Anyone with even a basic level of expertise in networking could architect their network so that cameras would be completely hidden from devices on whatever network guests would join.
- djeiendnjdiernd 8y agoAn idiotic recommendation, but perhaps good for catching cameras placed by idiots. The cameras I’ve used aren’t even IP cameras.
- feistypharit 8y agoThe fing app would be a better, more widely available and usable suggestion. With the same downsides though.