Always impressed with Blue Iris, esp. the webserver.

[robl]

I had been using youtube to do live streaming on one of my cameras. Initially it worked flawlessly but suddenly the stream would stop. After much looking I found that youtube had made some changes to live streaming like limiting it to 8 hours. This was not going to work so I looked into Blue Iris and it has solved my problem. You can view one of my cameras here if you wish: Pond Cam | UsefulRamblings . Note the user/password on the page.

 

[Mikk36]

No https?

Also, all your cameras are visible.
And you'd be better off linking to the h.264 stream instead of the mjpeg one (<300 Kbps vs 4 Mbps for the same quality)
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[TL1096r]

Interesting. Is it safe regardless of https to do this. Can someone access network?

 

[Mikk36]

Unless there's a vulnerability in BI, no.
But if he logs onto that UI from outside his own network, his/her BI username and password could be intercepted.

 

[TL1096r]

Unless there's a vulnerability in BI, no.

How do you get HTTPS with ui3?

 

[Mikk36]

How do you get HTTPS with ui3?

You put a proxy before it.
The of the most common options are a web server (for example Nginx) and Stunnel. You can find instructions for setting up either.

 

[TL1096r]

You put a proxy before it.
The of the most common options are a web server (for example Nginx) and Stunnel. You can find instructions for setting up either.

If you have a VPN do you need HTTPS. Yes stunnel.. not a fan of opening ports unless different option but did this before OpenVPN:
What are you using/doing to make your camera more secure?

 

[Mikk36]

If you only use VPN to connect to it (essentially the same as only connecting to it from LAN): no.
I'm referring to the use case that robl is using (giving public access to BI web server).