I've gone into the router settings and 'forwarded the port'.
I just wondered whether there are any security implications of having done this?
GB wrote:
I've gone into the router settings and 'forwarded the port'. I just
wondered whether there are any security implications of having done this?
Anyone who knows* your IP addr and the relevant port number (wild-assed
guess 8081) can watch through your camera ...
[*] and all the kiddies who just guess swathes of IP addrs from a
virtual machine in a foreign datacentre paid for by a stolen credit card
...
GB wrote:
I've gone into the router settings and 'forwarded the port'. I just
wondered whether there are any security implications of having done
this?
Anyone who knows* your IP addr and the relevant port number
(wild-assed guess 8081) can watch through your camera ...
[*] and all the kiddies who just guess swathes of IP addrs from a
virtual machine in a foreign datacentre paid for by a stolen credit
card ...
Andy Burns wrote:
Anyone who knows* your IP addr and the relevant port number (wild-assed guess
8081) can watch through your camera ...
Oh, is that the biggest worry?
I planted a couple of beans we found in a field, and they have sprouted. I was
thinking of pointing it at those instead. Either way, it's not a problem.
On 03/09/2022 20:36, GB wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Anyone who knows* your IP addr and the relevant port number (wild-assed >>>guess 8081) can watch through your camera ...
Oh, is that the biggest worry? I planted a couple of beans we found in a >>field, and they have sprouted. I was thinking of pointing it at those >>instead. Either way, it's not a problem.
if your beanshoots go viral they could suck all your bandwith
Just for fun, I have set up a webcam here on my Pi.
I've gone into the router settings and 'forwarded the port'.
I just wondered whether there are any security implications of having
done this? It's the first time I have ever done anything like this.
The Pi has a new installation of Debian, without any personal data at
all on it.
There are several other devices on the network: 2 ipads, 2 android
phones, and a W10 laptop.
Thanks for any help.
On 04/09/2022 in message <jnj03bFc9o2U1@mid.individual.net> Andy Burns
wrote:
On 03/09/2022 20:36, GB wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Anyone who knows* your IP addr and the relevant port number
(wild-assed guess 8081) can watch through your camera ...
Oh, is that the biggest worry? I planted a couple of beans we found
in a field, and they have sprouted. I was thinking of pointing it at
those instead. Either way, it's not a problem.
if your beanshoots go viral they could suck all your bandwith
Are viral beanshoots the same as GM beanshoots?
On 03/09/2022 19:17, GB wrote:
Just for fun, I have set up a webcam here on my Pi.
I've gone into the router settings and 'forwarded the port'.
I just wondered whether there are any security implications of having
done this? It's the first time I have ever done anything like this.
The Pi has a new installation of Debian, without any personal data at
all on it.
There are several other devices on the network: 2 ipads, 2 android
phones, and a W10 laptop.
Thanks for any help.
Have you got a username and password for thr webcam & Pi? You should be
able to set up this in Debian/webcam software..
Another thing to consider is istall a VPN such as wireguard, forward the
VPN port only and set up a vpn client on the machines you use to view
the webcam. This then allows you to unforward the Webcam port and that
should inprove security a far bit
S.
if your beanshoots go viral they could suck all your bandwith
Are viral beanshoots the same as GM beanshoots?
Coincidentally, I suddenly started getting virus notifications from
Windows Defender today for Behavior:Win32/Hive.ZY.
It just seems to be a bug in Defender, but it was a bit of a surprise.
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