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Originally Posted by idi banashapan
well, in this case, your webcam is public. not necessarily a danger in itself, but it would allow anyone who found said open port/stream to monitor you and your movements. if they cared enough and were local enough (yes people can and will attempt the scan IP ranges geographically close as distributed by ISPs), they could ironically use your security webcam against you to determine when you are out, take down the camera, then break in.
it's no skin of my back, nor anyone else's here how you set it up. people here are just trying to offer you some technical guidance, being we work in technical roles day in, day out. it's up to you if you wish to take heed.
just bear in mind that the tech guy at Swann who told you to put it in the DMZ is getting paid to log and close tickets as quickly as he/she can in order to get paid. if he/she doesn't close tickets, his/her job is on the line. putting the webcam in the DMZ is a sure-fire workaround. Of course it will work - anything in the DMZ will work - that's the point of it - it's a De-Militarised Zone - there is no security. But people offering help here get nothing - we are just actually trying to help and advise.
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yeah - I appreciate the help and am not slagging off anyone - just I don't have much patience with the thing and was glad to get it working at all
might try altering the ports - just such a pain when you can't access it remotely