recording camera video

[Horst Brinker]

So, being a dummy about all of that, is it true that if I access xtension web remote with an http:// url instead of an https:// url, I’m not using ssl?  If that is true, then not using ssl is not working for me to be able to see the archived video in safari.  I either have to download the clip, or open an afp window to the extension box and then play the video with quicktime player or vlc or whatever.

It didn’t work for me when I downloaded chrome either, so there could possibly be more failure modes.  In my case, it just seems like the video simply fails to load with the player eventually timing out.

I can display other html5 video’s in safari and I don’t have flash installed on my client box. 

Horst


> On Sep 4, 2016, at 12:25 PM, james at sentman.com wrote:
> 
> Yup, the problem is with using a self signed certificate. For whatever security reason Safari (and mobile safari) will happily render and use all the other content that is sent over a self signed certificate but will refuse to do so for movies. Is there some internal argument in it’s development and the different groups are implementing different levels of security? I don’t know. While you would never want to connect to a bank with a self signed cert, you can absolutely tell if you’re connecting to your own and someone is doing a man in the middle attack as long as you’ve already trusted the cert. The browser will tell you that the new one is not trusted anymore and if you didn’t create the new one then someone is messing with you. Otherwise it’s completely adequate for what we’re doing so thats a pain.
> 
> There are some “free” cert companies out there, but the process is not uncomplicated and setting them up to run with a stand alone server is not really supported either. I will continue to investigate.
> 
> In the meantime I would setup the web remote running on both an insecure port that is not passed through your NAT router/airport for viewing the archives. And an SSL port that is, but that wont serve up the videos. Or use a browser other than Safari for connecting to the SSL version. 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 4, 2016, at 10:32 AM, James Sentman <james at sentman.com <mailto:james at sentman.com>> wrote:
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>> If you’re using an SSL connection can you switch temporarily to an insecure one and tell me if it works?
>> 
> 
> Thanks,
>  James
> 
> 
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