[PLUG] [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] TONIGHT PLUG Advanced Topics: Linux as a security camera monitoring platform

[Lou Chang]

Years ago I wanted to participate in this meeting, but I missed it. Any 
chance it could be re-visited?


Also, I wonder if Dexter or someone else can help me walk through a 
installation of GNU/Linux based security camera for a small family 
business. I don't trust proprietary systems, so if possible I would like 
to avoid them.


On 02/16/2016 11:13 AM, Michael Dexter wrote:
> Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics Meeting Announcement
>
> Who: Kevin Kaelar
> What: Linux as a security camera monitoring platform
> Where: Free Geek, 1731 SE 10th Avenue, Portland
> When: Tuesday, February 16th 2016, at 7PM
> Why: Because combining physical and digital security is an interesting
> puzzle
> Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live
>
> Setting up a camera in Linux is relatively easy. With any luck, you plug
> in the USB cable and it "just works". But what if you need ten cameras?
> What if you need to store increasingly large amounts of footage for
> liability purposes? What if you need to be able to access the realtime
> feed from any (or all) of those cameras from anywhere in the world? What
> if you need fine-grained motion detection for some of the cameras,
> scheduled recording capabilities for others at certain times of day, and
> provide varying levels of access to multiple users?
>
> This problem set is normally solved in a business environment by
> purchasing expensive (and frequently proprietary) security camera
> systems at a significant cost. However, it's possible to accomplish all
> of these things with a Linux-based application called ZoneMinder. During
> this talk, you'll be walked through the process of setting up a fully
> featured security camera and monitoring system, and will have the
> opportunity to learn about and/or discuss some of the supportive tech
> such as an Apache proxy, firewall and router configuration, and pruning
> and backing up video archives.
>
> About Kevin
>
> System administrator, game designer, software developer, open source
> contributor, Soylent drinker, wood carver, small electronics prototyper,
> blacksmith, poet, machinist, musician, and martial artist. Currently
> working as a full time web application developer for a music publishing
> company, Kevin spends most of his spare time babysitting a 3d printer
> and doing fun (and occasionally strange) things with Arduino at his
> startup in the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon.
>
> Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250469451
>
> Many will head to the Lucky Lab at 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd. after the meeting.
>
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>
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>
> Michael Dexter
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