alastairstevenson
Staff member
Nothing like creating a new thread to attract their attention. Though that's not the purpose of this one.
It's pretty clear that when people figure out ways to improve how the Hikvision products they've acquired work for them, such as avoiding the Chinese menus or bricked cameras that result from updates to firmware that Hikvision publish - Hikvision then incorporate blocks or traps for these 'fixes' in subsequent firmware releases.
So when there are genuine high-severity security vulnerabilities that cause Hikvision to issue updated fixed firmware, such as these : Hikvision Europe - how do you reconcile the fact that you should do the update but there is a fair chance it will break the camera, if it was purchased on-line?
Well, one way is for the hobbyist user who has the interest and knowledge to mod the new firmware so it won't damage the cameras that were bought on-line.
But publish it openly, such as on ipcamtalk.com, and Hikvision will see it, analyse it, and block it in the next release.
Hence the title of this thread.
PS - There have been a good few interesting insights into some useful things that can be done in the Dahua firmware, such as changing the language, enabling telnet, enabling the bootloader etc.
Do Dahua also try to make using their products difficult for their customers?
It's pretty clear that when people figure out ways to improve how the Hikvision products they've acquired work for them, such as avoiding the Chinese menus or bricked cameras that result from updates to firmware that Hikvision publish - Hikvision then incorporate blocks or traps for these 'fixes' in subsequent firmware releases.
So when there are genuine high-severity security vulnerabilities that cause Hikvision to issue updated fixed firmware, such as these : Hikvision Europe - how do you reconcile the fact that you should do the update but there is a fair chance it will break the camera, if it was purchased on-line?
Well, one way is for the hobbyist user who has the interest and knowledge to mod the new firmware so it won't damage the cameras that were bought on-line.
But publish it openly, such as on ipcamtalk.com, and Hikvision will see it, analyse it, and block it in the next release.
Hence the title of this thread.
PS - There have been a good few interesting insights into some useful things that can be done in the Dahua firmware, such as changing the language, enabling telnet, enabling the bootloader etc.
Do Dahua also try to make using their products difficult for their customers?
