Security Camera Credentials

Applies to: Device Pack release 1.0.35.0 with Symphony Version 6.11 to 6.14.x

PACK-2442 Security: Improved security of camera credentials when connecting to a camera.

IMPORTANT: Your camera must support HTTP Digest Authentication.

How to Set Up Your Camera

You can force cameras to use a specific HTTP Authentication scheme by using a global setting or a per-camera setting.

HTTP Authentication schemes:
0 - Any Authentication supported by camera (Basic Authentication or Digest Authentication) this is the default behaviour.
1 - Only Basic Authentication will be used (this is useful for old cameras that do not support Digest Authentication).
2 - Only Digest Authentication will be used (use this setting for more secure communication).

Recommendation:

• If you want to use older cameras that do not support HTTP Digest Authentication, either leave the global setting empty (as it is currently) or set it to 0.
• If you want to protect the username/passwords in newer cameras that support HTTP Digest Authentication, set the main setting to 2 and then set the individual camera settings to 0 or 1 for older cameras that do not support HTTP Digest Authentication.

Global Setting:

1. In Symphony Client, from the Server menu, select Manual Configuration Editor. The Server Configuration dialog box appears.
2. At the top, click the Add a new setting... area. The Type, ID, Section, Key, and Value fields appear.
3. Enter the following:

Type: Server

ID: 5000

Section: Main

Key: HTTPAuthentication

Value: 2

4. Click Apply.
5. Click Close.

Per Camera Setting:

1. In Symphony Client, from the Server menu, select Manual Configuration Editor. The Server Configuration dialog box appears.
2. At the top, click the Add a new setting... area. The Type, ID, Section, Key, and Value fields appear.
3. Enter the following:

Type: Camera

ID: <your camera ID>

Section: Camera

Key: HTTPAuthentication

Value: 2

4. Click Apply.
5. Click Close.