Best CCTV Software for Aircam

[drvnbysound]

Personally, I'm more worried about the companies which offer such web services - especially those which are free... they are usually the ones who get hacked and everyone's information is exploited all at once. I'd assume that Logitech has some procedures and protocols in place, but the fact remains that there are personnel who work there who have access to your account information and the camera views which stream through their servers. I prefer not to give that information to anyone.

 

[electron]

I agree, just saying there is no 'transparent' method out there.  You need to either use SSH/tunneling or a VPN connection.

 

[damage]

here's an example of why you don't want to expose any more ports than necessary on the internet
 
http://goo.gl/i92wD

 

[pete_c]

Very good article Damage.
 
I have noticed that many folks many times unfamiliar with routers / firewalls do end up literally punching gaping holes into their network. 
 
Many times its a trial and error endeavor until said person makes it work; once it works; they leave it alone; not really knowing what exactly was done but rather just satisfied with the outcome.  (IE like video on their cell phone)

 

[electron]

Those kind of issues is exactly why I am so paranoid.  Imagine someone figures out a bug in your camera.  Now you have an open door to your network and private environment.  It's actually one of the main reasons I don't even allow cameras in the house.

 

[damage]

and to drive home the point, here's a new vulnerability related to some cctv dvrs http://goo.gl/1P3XP

 

[tmbrown97]

So, all good stuff as far as the tangent goes - but to answer the OP's original post, I can at least tell you that I have IP Cam Viewer on iOS connecting to AirCam's just fine - I had to set it up manually as an RTSP stream.  It's from NibblesNBits or some weird company like that - but I haven't found a camera yet that I can't get working through it - I have Panasonic, Grandstream, ACTi, Foscam and AirCam's all on one screen - some via VPN and some wide open.
 
No big hit to Jayson @ eKeypad - I love his eKeypad app for controlling my M1, but I dropped the $50 for his eK Video and was horribly disappointed - I even emailed him with access to a few cameras I wanted to get working - and I got flaky responses at best and of course no support was added (AirCam was one of them).  I'm so much happier with the $4 IP Cam Viewer.

 

[drvnbysound]

Those kind of issues is exactly why I am so paranoid.  Imagine someone figures out a bug in your camera.  Now you have an open door to your network and private environment.  It's actually one of the main reasons I don't even allow cameras in the house.

 
The problem is that this is the case with all networked products. Even Cisco has had issues with a number of their enterprise routers having "bugged" internal parts (China). When the manufacturing is happening overseas, it's hard to tell what is actually being put in there...

 

[electron]

Right, but enterprise customers understand these kind of issues.  My point is that many consumers (who don't care about or understand network security) are exposing appliances such as cameras, etc. to the internet, not realizing that this could be a decision they will regret in the future, since these 'devices' are really just computers.
 
So my recommendation to the OP is still to set up an SSH/VPN connection with home, and use something like IP Cam Viewer to interface your cameras (have tested a bunch, and this app seems to support the largest # of camera makes/models).

 

[pete_c]

Personally I am seeing a lapse or caring of said residential implementations of CCTV stuff whether its a DIY or subcontracted out and mostly related to remote access of said CCTV stuff over the internet with whatever devices (mostly phones lately).   
 
Unrelated but related somewhat; I would never connect a thermostat in my home to the internet for any reason.  That is me though.

 

[drvnbysound]

My point was that if they can get into [embed with spyware] enterprise Cisco gear and be undetected for some time with networking guys who know what they are doing, there's no telling what can be done in consumer grade network devices. But yeah, I certainly follow what you are saying regarding guys opening gaping holes in their networks.