On Sunday 09 September 2007, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote:
> OR maybe the webcam has an admin utility where you can add an unprivileged
> user that would be no threat to the security?

Aha!  That sounds like the simplest option.  Need to check with the webcam 
owner first that setting up a plain unauthenticated user on his webcam will 
not be against his security policy.

Thanks again.  If you've got some more ideas please let me know - I was 
wondering if there is a Nagios plugin somewhere that manages the 
authentication part.
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Regards,
Mick