cabanetforester
Active member
I have been looking at video based security systems and prices seems to be coming down but there are many out there and as usual it seems 'you get what you pay for'.
I like what I'm reading about the IP cams and POE. Most seem to have event notification forwarding via email. Some have phone,text and or sms notification.
Being able to remotely view video surveillance over the internet sounds nice, but more importantly any event can recorded and sent to be stored at a separate location safe from theft or destruction.
My main concern is security of the camera feeds. Not that I would have any garden shots on the video feeds (they would be mostly exterior). I just don't want people hacking them or spamming them with password hurlers or whatever.
Do any of these systems use unique identifiers so only certain pc's can be allowed access to the feeds after entering the name/password? I suppose I could set up a dedicated box to authenticate all requests via some type of hardware identifier? I know very little about these things and even less about hardware?authentication?
I'm thinking hardware identifiers here, maybe even a usb dongle/s that could be shared between pc's.
Am I making any sense here? Anyone have any suggestions?
I have been looking at products like milestone and icamview.
Milestone is the more expensive robust solution here and icamview looks promising for the price.
I like what I'm reading about the IP cams and POE. Most seem to have event notification forwarding via email. Some have phone,text and or sms notification.
Being able to remotely view video surveillance over the internet sounds nice, but more importantly any event can recorded and sent to be stored at a separate location safe from theft or destruction.
My main concern is security of the camera feeds. Not that I would have any garden shots on the video feeds (they would be mostly exterior). I just don't want people hacking them or spamming them with password hurlers or whatever.
Do any of these systems use unique identifiers so only certain pc's can be allowed access to the feeds after entering the name/password? I suppose I could set up a dedicated box to authenticate all requests via some type of hardware identifier? I know very little about these things and even less about hardware?authentication?
I'm thinking hardware identifiers here, maybe even a usb dongle/s that could be shared between pc's.
Am I making any sense here? Anyone have any suggestions?
I have been looking at products like milestone and icamview.
Milestone is the more expensive robust solution here and icamview looks promising for the price.