So I've been dabbling with BlueIris for a few weeks now and overall I am really happy with it, however one area I still haven't settled on for sure is port forwarding vs VPN. I know ideally I should be using VPN, however it is an additional bit of faff activating it on my phone before I open the BI app if I am out and about, plus if I close off the port forwarding this seems to prevent the thumbnail images for notifications coming through to the phone.
Is there something I am missing when it comes to the notifications and thumbnails or will it just not work if I don't use port forwarding? If I do stick with port forwarding is using stunnel and SSL particularly recommended? It isn't something I've ever used before. I saw something called ngrok - is that something that would offer similar protection?
Is there something I am missing when it comes to the notifications and thumbnails or will it just not work if I don't use port forwarding? If I do stick with port forwarding is using stunnel and SSL particularly recommended? It isn't something I've ever used before. I saw something called ngrok - is that something that would offer similar protection?
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