System Options; Security - Axis 215 PTZ User Manual

System Options

Security

The AXIS AXIS 215 PTZ/AXIS 215 PTZ-E Network Camera supports different methods of user authentication:
HTTP Basic Authentication - This authenticates the user by requesting a user name and a password. The
exchange of network credentials is in simple base64 coding and is not encrypted.
HTTP Digest Authentication - This method also requests a user name and password, but the exchange of
credentials is encrypted, which secures it against eavesdropping.
User access control is enabled by default, the administrator sets the root password on first access. Other users are
authorized with user names and passwords, or the administrator can choose to allow anonymous viewer login to
the Live View page, as described below:
Users - the user list displays the authorized users and access levels:
• Viewer - the lowest level of access, which only allows the user access to the Live View page.
• Operator - an Operator can view the Live View page, create and modify event types and adjust certain
other settings. The Operator does not have access to the Systems Options configuration pages.
• Administrator - an administrator has unrestricted access to the Setup Tools and can determine the regis-
tration of all other users.
User Settings - check the corresponding checkboxes to enable:
• Anonymous viewer login - allows any viewer direct access to the Live View page.
• Maximum number of simultaneous viewers - enter a value here to restrict the number of unicast viewers
accessing the unit. This is useful if you need to save on bandwidth. (Note that all multicast viewers count
as 1 viewer.)
• Anonymous PTZ control login - allows any viewer access to the Pan/Tilt/Zoom controls on the Live View
page.
IP Address Filter
Enable IP Address Filtering - to allow or deny access to the AXIS 215 PTZ/AXIS 215 PTZ-E, check the box
Enable IP address filtering. Once enabled, the IP addresses in the list will be allowed or denied access according
to the choice made in the drop-down list Allow/Deny the following IP addresses.
The administrator can add up to 256 IP address ranges or single IP addresses to the Filtered IP Addresses list. If
IP address filtering is enabled, the AXIS 215 PTZ/AXIS 215 PTZ-E will allow or deny requests coming from the
IP addresses in the list.
See the IP address filtering help files
The users from these IP addresses need to be specified in the user list with the appropriate access rights (User,
Operator or Administrator).
Referrals - to prevent unauthorized sources from including the video stream from the AXIS 215 PTZ/AXIS 215
PTZ-E into external Web pages, check the Referrals checkbox and enter the IP address or Host name of the
computer that hosts the Web pages with the included video stream. Several IP addresses/host names can be
defined and are separated by semicolons(;)
HTTPS
For greater security, the AXIS 215 PTZ/AXIS 215 PTZ-E can be configured to use HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer
Protocol over SSL (Secure Socket Layer)). That is, all communication that would otherwise go via HTTP will
instead go via an encrypted HTTPS connection.
AXIS 215 PTZ/AXIS 215 PTZ-E - System Options
for information on how to add IP address ranges.
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