Internet Accessible Home Security Systems? 54
PenguinRadio asks: "I'm about to embark on trip and while the thousands of dollars of computers are protected by a PIX firewall and whatnot from viruses, I'm now kind of wondering about the physical security of my 'server room' that I've built in my house. Basically, an Internet accessible burglar/fire alarm. Has anyone found a good residential security system that can be remotely checked or monitored from the other side of the world? I'd especially like the capability of look in on any security cameras (rather than setting up a simple webcam) and monitor any alarm logs. ADT and Brinks didn't seem to have anything readily visible on their website, and I'm not quite up for an X-10 version of a security system."
Why not webcams again? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Why not webcams again? (Score:2, Informative)
Unless you want to entrust the security of your house to a 5$ made in China made-from-reject-parts dollar store special, that is.
Re:Why not webcams again? (Score:2)
I'm thinking of Axis and comparable netcams.
Why not X10? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why not X10? (Score:2)
Re:Why not X10? (Score:2)
My "Why Not X10" question is, Why Not an A10 Sexurity System with a CM-10 connected to MisterHouse (Linux) or HomeSeer (Windows)? Both of these are incredibly easy to set up, include webservers, so punch a hole in your firewall, and go. Both ADT and Brinks offer A10 (X10 with reporting NOT done by X10 "company", that's just the protoc
Whippee! (Score:4, Interesting)
A burglar alarm that alerts the police or a security company would seem to offer better protection. And it would be hack-proof (unless you can get the ability to patch your internet-accessible system remotely).
Re:Whippee! (Score:1)
Um, sure. It's called ssh, best friend of Unix admins everywhere.
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Well, you can do pretty much anything you could as if you were sitting down at the computer. I don't see how patching or shutting off such a system would be any more difficult, unless you were very stupid in designing it.
Re:Whippee! (Score:1)
When you're sitting at the computer, you can get up, walk over to the camera and re-position it.
SSH only helps for software maintenance, not hardware.
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Or, slightly off topic, anything made of fabric.
Re:Whippee! (Score:4, Insightful)
You could then call a trusted neighbor or relative to check out your place (also what the security company does.)
Re:Whippee! (Score:2)
In virtually everywhere in the US, it is illegal to operate a security system which automatically contacts the police or other emergency services. In some places the fine can be quite large.
Re:Whippee! (Score:2)
The first time it went off they just gave him a warning (although they did respond, and they did catch the guy). At that time they explained that it's not legal to do this anywh
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PING! (Score:4, Funny)
If someone steals it, it'll stop pinging right quick...
Re:PING! (Score:5, Funny)
A few months ago nagios zotted my cell with system unreachable message. Called home and my GF told me she'd unplugged the power strip to plug in her Synthesizer. She proclaimed me "scary creepy" for knowing what she'd done only moments after she'd yanked the cable.
Re:PING! (Score:1, Interesting)
It's funny you say that. There was once a theft of many computers from my univeristy department. The time of the theft was determined by when the stolen computers' NFS shares stopped responding.
here you go! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:here you go! (Score:2)
The thing that irks me the most is that there is no way to grab a frame (jpg format, whatever), and there's no way to s
ahoy! (needed a subject) (Score:3, Insightful)
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You can atone for your sins if you'll promise to put Slackware on an unused 486 box, leave it in the corner running, and report once in awhile what it's uptime had gotten to.
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I'm happy to help out . . . (Score:3, Funny)
motion (Score:3, Informative)
Update messages (Score:3, Insightful)
Provides a small problem in blackouts though
oxymorons (Score:2)
Re:oxymorons (Score:2, Interesting)
That was all done with a P200 from a dumpster, a BT
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and in addition (Score:3, Funny)
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commercial solutions (Score:1)
Monitoring Alarm System (Score:2, Informative)
My plan is to hook the 4 lines (2 in/2 out) into the serial port of my server and then hack up some sort of program to send the required pulses back to the alarm system.
It might not be a particularly pretty solution, but I think that it could be rather useful.
Another possibility is using the control for the autodialler to get the network to warn me
Wording is important (Score:1)
There is a basic kit I know of that's like 500 bucks cdn which should
do the trick and more (re: access control, however I forget what its
called).
Problem is you can only get it through security system dealers.
What's your budget? If you expanded it to the rest of your house you
would probably be able to increase your budget efficiency.
I work for an access control/integrated security company in Vancouver.
I could be your chan
go1984 (Score:1)
Cut lines first (Score:1)