- Mar 23, 2023
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Use case:
Dug out my old laptop that I was only using for old games and emulators. I now want to also use it to monitor an IP camera using VLC which is on the same network.
I blocked all Incoming Connections in Windows Firewall and turned off Remote Assistance connections in System Properties. The laptop itself is hardwired into an Asus RT-AC1200 which is hardwired into an Eero router bridge with all of its security settings pretty high. I have all my cameras and IoT devices on the Asus router and it's double NATed with UPnP and all that jazz disabled on both networks.
Is there anything else I should be changing, turning off or maybe even possibly configuring in the Asus router? I have no exceptions allowed thru Windows Firewall. I just don't want the thing getting hijacked for a bot-net or anything and I am second guessing myself because you know...Windows Vista is old and unsecure.
It's a 17-year-old Gateway with an Intel Celeron M 520 @ 1.6GHz and putting Win10 on the thing turns it into a paperweight, but it works great for what I'm doing. I'm trying to take loads off my main computers now that I'm using them for video editing and other things and don't have money for something newer and better right now. This has to do. Any thoughts? Sorry I ramble LOL
Dug out my old laptop that I was only using for old games and emulators. I now want to also use it to monitor an IP camera using VLC which is on the same network.
I blocked all Incoming Connections in Windows Firewall and turned off Remote Assistance connections in System Properties. The laptop itself is hardwired into an Asus RT-AC1200 which is hardwired into an Eero router bridge with all of its security settings pretty high. I have all my cameras and IoT devices on the Asus router and it's double NATed with UPnP and all that jazz disabled on both networks.
Is there anything else I should be changing, turning off or maybe even possibly configuring in the Asus router? I have no exceptions allowed thru Windows Firewall. I just don't want the thing getting hijacked for a bot-net or anything and I am second guessing myself because you know...Windows Vista is old and unsecure.
It's a 17-year-old Gateway with an Intel Celeron M 520 @ 1.6GHz and putting Win10 on the thing turns it into a paperweight, but it works great for what I'm doing. I'm trying to take loads off my main computers now that I'm using them for video editing and other things and don't have money for something newer and better right now. This has to do. Any thoughts? Sorry I ramble LOL
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