# Analysis of Dahua CCTV Camera Authentication

DevFeed: [Analysis of Dahua CCTV Camera Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pentesting-dahua-cctv-cameras-auth-20557.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://yurichev.com/blog/dahua/>)

Published: 2025-12-01T23:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dennis Yurichev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dennis-yurichev.md>)

Topics: [webcam](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webcam.md>), [hash](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hash.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>)

Tags: [auth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/auth.md>), [camera](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/camera.md>), [hash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hash.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [tcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tcp.md>)

## AI overview

A pentesting-oriented analysis of Dahua CCTV camera authentication over its proprietary TCP protocol. It describes a fake Python server used to observe a camera login and presents the known portion of the hash calculation, while noting that the remaining 16 bytes are not understood and no Hashcat workflow was found.

## Source excerpt

[Pentesting] Dahua (CCTV cameras) auth