For many years, IP cameras depended on ActiveX control, whose security flaws have been known for more than a decade.
The good news is that this is improving, with more manufacturers dropping the requirement for such plugins. However, many still do.
In this report, we look at which manufacturers are supported without plugins and which still require plugins, testing over 30 models as part of our recent IP Camera Installability Shootout 2019.
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Comments (13)
Undisclosed End User #1
**** ******* ***** ** greatly ******** **** ** IPVM ********* ***** ******* which ****** *** ************* supported ***** **************.
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2
**** * ***** *************. Hanwha ******* *** ****** H.264/H.265 ** ****** ****** browsers, *** **** *****. Screenshot ***** ******* ** X ****** ****** ********* H.265 ***** ** *** browser ** ** ******* phone. **** ***** ****** are ***** **** *** plugin-free
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Undisclosed Integrator #3
** ** **** ** believe **'** ***** ********** ActiveX ** ******** ******** going **** ****. * still **** ** *** IE **** ***** **** should ** ********* *** Panasonic **** *** ****** cameras. **** ********** ******* requiring ******* ** ****. Current ******* ********* ** the **** *** ***** should *** ******* *******. I ** ******* ********* Flash ** *********** *** the **** ***** ******** in ****.
******** ** ******, *****, and **** *** ***** ahead ** *** *****.
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Ethan Ace
*******: ** ***** * section ** ******* ***** in *** ******* ****** of **** ********* *** firmwares, ***** **** **** a ****** ** ******* about ***** (****** **** notice ** *** *** available ** ****************** ******):
*** *** ****** ** using *** ********** **** plugins ******** ** *** potential *** ******* ** be ********* **** ********** ActiveX. ** * ******* example, ** ******** ****, Hikvision **** * ****** to ******* ********* **** a *******-******** ******* ** their ************* ****** *** available *** * ******:
******** ******** *** ***** been ******** **** * clean, *******-**** *******. ******* was ********* ** ******** for ******** *** *****, not *** ********* *******, but ********** * ******** risk *** ******* ** plugin-free **********.
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Riley Flaherty
* ***** **** **** to **** **** ******* me ***** ******* **** in ***** *** ******** is *** ****** ** useful ** ******* ** which *** ******** ***** in ***** *** *******. While * ********* **** there ***** ** * very ********* ****** ** people *** ******** ****** the ******* **********, **** is *** **** ****** so **** *** ** relevance *** ****.
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Wagner Cunha
* ******* **** ****/**** plugin-free *************** **** ********* a ***** ** * seconds ** **** (******* of *** ********* ******). Was **** ********** ** the *****? * **** seen ****/*** ******** *************** introducing ** ** ** seconds *****. **** ** not ******* ********** *** surveillance.
* **** ** ***** VMSes ******* ****/**** ******-**** implementations (**** ** ******* introducing *****) ***** **** be ****.
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