Blue Iris Status - Connections

[PaulNH]

When I select the STATUS bar, at the top, then select CONNECTIONS.... I notice there are IP addresses logged. It appears that they have connected but did not access my camera. I have been adding their IP addresses to my Firewall to block... but it's a daily thing.... Almost all of them come back to Japan or China... a few were from California, Chicago and even Washington DC.... (yikes)

Should I be concerned with these or am I just being paranoid.... here are a couple examples..... Thank you all so much for your help and advise.

 

[fenderman]

Use a VPN....at the very least use a high port number like 8686...

 

[nayr]

Run a VPN Server on your router and disable all your port forwarding as you wont need them anymore.. china can connect to your VPN Server all night and day w/out any harm.