Axis 212 PTZ User Manual

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AXIS 212 PTZ - System Options30System OptionsSecurity - UsersUser access control is enabled by default. An administrator can set up other users, by giving these user namesand passwords. It is also possible to allow anonymous viewer login, which means that anybody may access theLive 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 certainother 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.To add a new user, click the Add... button and see the online help.User Settings - check the relevant checkboxes to enable:• 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 viewersaccessing the unit. This is useful if you need to save on bandwidth. (Note that all multicast viewers countas 1 viewer.)Security - IP Address FilteringEnable IP Address Filtering to allow or deny access to the AXIS 212 PTZ. Once enabled, the IP addresses in thelist will be allowed or denied access according to the choice made in the drop-down list Allow/Deny thefollowing IP addresses.The administrator can add up to 256 IP address entries to the list (a single entry can contain multiple IPaddresses). The users from these IP addresses need to be specified in the user list with the appropriate accessrights. This is done from Setup > System Options > Security > Users.ReferralsTo prevent unauthorized clients from including the video stream from the cameras into external Web pages,check the Referrals checkbox and enter the IP address or Host name of the computer that hosts the Web pageswith the included video stream. Several IP addresses/host names can be defined and are separated by semicolons(;). This option is only applicable to Motion JPEG video streams.Notes: •If the referrals feature is enabled and you wish to also allow normal access to the Live View page, the product's own IPaddress or host name must be added to the list of allowed referrers.•Restricting referrers has no effect on an MPEG-4 video stream. To restrict an MPEG-4 stream, IP address filtering must beenabled.•Restricting referrers is of greatest value when not using IP address filtering. If IP address filtering is used, then theallowed referrers are automatically restricted to those allowed IP addresses.Security - HTTPSThe AXIS 212 PTZ supports encrypted browsing using HTTPS.A self-signed certificate can be used until a Certificate Authority-issued certificate has been obtained. Click theCreate self-signed Certificate button to install a self-signed certificate. Although self-signed certificates are freeand offer some protection, true security will only be implemented after the installation of a signed certificateissued by a certificate authority.