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AXIS 214 PTZ
System Options

Security - Users

User access control is enabled by default, when the administrator sets the root password on the first access.
Other users are authorized with user names and passwords, or the administrator can choose to allow
anonymous viewer login to the Live 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 cer-
tain other settings. The Operator does not have access to the Systems Options configuration pages.
•Adminis trator - an administrator has unrestricted access to the Setup Tools and can determine the
registration of all other users.
To add a new user, click the Add... button and see the online help.
User Settings - check the corresponding 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
viewers accessing the unit. This is useful if you need to save on bandwidth. (Note that all multicast
viewers count as 1 viewer.)
•Enable anonymous PTZ control login - allows any viewer access to the Pan/Tilt/Zoom controls on
the Live View page.

Security - IP Address Filter

The administrator can add up to 256 IP address ranges or single IP addresses to the Filtered IP Addresses
list. If IP address filtering is enabled, the AXIS 214 PTZ will allow or deny requests coming from the IP
addresses in the list.
See the online help files for information on how to add IP address ranges.
The IP addresses for the users added to this list need to be specified in the user list, with the appropriate
access rights (User, Operator or Administrator).
Referrals - to prevent unauthorized sources from including the video stream from the AXIS 214 PTZ into
external Web pages, check the Referrals checkbox and enter the IP address or Host name of the computer
that hosts the Web pages with the included video stream. Several IP addresses/host names can be defined
and are separated by semicolons(;)

Security - HTTPS

For greater security, the AXIS 214 PTZ can be configured to use HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over
SSL (Secure Socket Layer)). This means that all communication that would otherwise go via HTTP will
instead go via an encrypted HTTPS connection.
To use HTTPS for communication with the AXIS 214 PTZ, a Certificate must be created using one of these
methods:
• A self-signed certificate can be created in the camera, but this does not guarantee the same level of secu-
rity as an official certificate.
• An official certificate issued by a CA (Certificate Authority). A CA issues and manages security creden-
tials and public keys for message encryption.
1. Click either Create self-signed certificate or Create Certificate Request and enter the required
information in the provided fields.
2. Click OK.