Hi, I have a number of Dahua cameras that are currently on my local home network. My neighbor would like me to allow him to view my camera's streams, but I hesitate for a couple reasons which I'm hoping someone on here can provide me a more comprehensive and reasonable assessment. My primary hesitation is my concern for the vulnerability of my cameras, which I have not changed the default usernames/passwords (because they are local and only accessed by me). I am somewhat familiar with networking, but how much of a risk would it be to have the cameras port-forwarded with default usernames/passwords, but with no associations outside the network, such as embedded in a website. I would give my neighbor a simple link or set up an app on his phone myself.
My fear is someone port sniffing my network, finding the cameras, and bricking the cameras or changing the passwords.
Could I use uncommon ports for forwarding or would that not matter?
Thank you, in advance.
My fear is someone port sniffing my network, finding the cameras, and bricking the cameras or changing the passwords.
Could I use uncommon ports for forwarding or would that not matter?
Thank you, in advance.