Home security - do I need a static IP?

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BarTender

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#1730091 4-Mar-2017 20:27

tdgeek:
BarTender: As I suggested last time. Low end spirit make cheap as VPS for $6 per year. Then OpenVPN from your home to the VPS then your phone to the same end point. Job done.

Low end spirit? Typo, or you had too many low end spirits today??

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#1730092 4-Mar-2017 20:29

1eStar: Is this not an achievable thing securely with no VPN?

Simple answer.

No.

You should never ever port forward to a CCTV system. Access should only ever be via VPN. The same goes for many devices that sit behind a firewall that people set up port forwards for.

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#1730096 4-Mar-2017 20:41

Maybe it was the OP that set this one up originally... I now hear that there was a static IP requested to make this work. Oh dear. I think I've convinced them here to bin the IP camera. And cancel the static for $15 a month.

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