How to setup webcam

There is an easy way to find an unprotected webcam connected to the Internet. With its help any person can see what is happening in the offices and homes unlucky users, who do not think about their own security.

Cameras, which become almost obligatory attribute of any enterprise, may pose a danger and instead strengthen the security system to serve as its destroyer. All the matter is that they often connect to the corporate network companies on IP-protocol and have direct access to the Internet. Functional camera lets you view the image from it by simple browser, because the device already has built - in web server. This is a convenient invention, economizing on the screen tracking, can lead to serious consequences, if you won’t think about the limit of such "freedom of speech".

Consultant on information security Robert Schifreen created a site in which he described in detail the process of finding and connecting to the open and unprotected the cameras. The phenomenon was given a name in the Internet - Video Ham (in the English language the word “ham” in addition to "ham" is still value as "radio ham").

The very search procedure is simple and accessible to every curious user - you need only find pages in the address which contains substring "CgiStart? page = Single ", for such a request Google has given us several dozen of references, which really got a lot of imagery from tracking cameras located within the office premises. It is unlikely that owners of companies dreamed that their staff will be "looked after" by the Russian Internet magazine.

For all the seriousness of the problem, to provide the security is rather easy. First, we need to restrict access to webcam corporate by a local area network, IP-excluding external Internet addresses; secondly, it is necessary to establish a password to view images from the camera. Subject to these simple rules, no bored users can pay your home or office unexpected visit, albeit virtual.