Hi everyone I've been reading this forum a lot over the last week or 2 trying to get a handle on everything and I'm almost at the stage where I want to setup a surveillance system.
I have settled on the following hardware...
CAM - HDW4231EMASE
NVR - DHI-NVR4108-P-4KS2
The part that i'm concerned about is all the necessary steps that should be taken to ensure that the cameras are blocked from accessing the outside world.
I have an ASUS RT-AC68U Router that I have configured and enabled OpenVPN on and have tested access successfully from my android mobile phone.
Now I know that the consensus is to "block" the cameras however this is where I'm a little hazy. Once I have the cameras setup/installed (I will be following the cliff notes) I could easily "Block Internet Access" through my router for each individual camera however my question is if I do this am I also blocking access from my mobile device through OpenVPN to monitor the cameras through an app such as TinyCAM?
Also am I supposed to also block the NVR as well? And again is this restricting any ability to check the cameras "remotely"?
These are the main points I'm unsure of as I have not yet purchased the hardware but I have been setting up, testing and preparing my home network to be secure when I do purchase the hardware.
Whilst remote access isn't crucial for me I still would like the option should I ever need to check anything when I'm away from home.
Anyway I'd appreciate any input, especially if anyone has the same router (RT-AC68U) or similar and has been through this process.
Thanks.
I have settled on the following hardware...
CAM - HDW4231EMASE
NVR - DHI-NVR4108-P-4KS2
The part that i'm concerned about is all the necessary steps that should be taken to ensure that the cameras are blocked from accessing the outside world.
I have an ASUS RT-AC68U Router that I have configured and enabled OpenVPN on and have tested access successfully from my android mobile phone.
Now I know that the consensus is to "block" the cameras however this is where I'm a little hazy. Once I have the cameras setup/installed (I will be following the cliff notes) I could easily "Block Internet Access" through my router for each individual camera however my question is if I do this am I also blocking access from my mobile device through OpenVPN to monitor the cameras through an app such as TinyCAM?
Also am I supposed to also block the NVR as well? And again is this restricting any ability to check the cameras "remotely"?
These are the main points I'm unsure of as I have not yet purchased the hardware but I have been setting up, testing and preparing my home network to be secure when I do purchase the hardware.
Whilst remote access isn't crucial for me I still would like the option should I ever need to check anything when I'm away from home.
Anyway I'd appreciate any input, especially if anyone has the same router (RT-AC68U) or similar and has been through this process.
Thanks.