# \[Pentesting\] RTSP (CCTV cameras) auth

DevFeed: [\[Pentesting\] RTSP (CCTV cameras) auth](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pentesting-rtsp-cctv-cameras-auth-20546.md>)

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

Published: 2025-11-23T23:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>), [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [TLS (Transport Layer Security)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls.md>), [SSL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssl.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>)

Tags: [auth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/auth.md>), [hash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hash.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/passwords.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [ssl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssl.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>)

## AI overview

A pentesting article examines authentication in RTSP CCTV camera streams, comparing basic and digest authentication. It demonstrates how ARP spoofing and captured exchanges can enable password enumeration or cracking, and recommends firmware updates, strong passwords, and SSL/TLS.

## Source excerpt

[Pentesting] RTSP (CCTV cameras) auth