Port Forwarding for the NVidia ActiveArmor Firewall

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Firewalling for the NVidia ActiveArmor Firewall

Before we can open ports for ActiveWebCam, we need to figure out what ports ActiveWebCam++ is using. Here is a brief walkthrough on how to do that. Go ahead and open up ActiveWebCam and get into the camera you want to modifies settings.

At the top of the camera's properties page click the Broadcasting link.

There are two things on this page that require opening a port. If you have Remote Access enabled, you need to open the port in the remote accesses section's Port box. You can change the port that is in that box if you like. Please enter the port for Remote Access into the box below. If you are not using Remote Access just leave this box blank.

ActiveWebCam's port for remote access

The HTTP Server is the second thing in Active WebCam that requires port opening. The Port box in the Http Server section contains the port number that must be opened for the HTTP Server. You can change that port number if you like. Please enter the port you are using for the HTTP Server into the box below. If you are not using the HTTP Server just leave this box blank.

ActiveWebCam's port for the HTTP Server

I've heard of and experienced this firewall causing "out of memory" errors with some programs. Just be aware of that when using this firewall. Go ahead and open up the Nvidia ActiveArmor Firewall.

Click the View the current Profile link.

In the main section of this page change the Security Profiles to one of the custom configurations. Put a dot in to the Re-generate profile based on radio button. I chose medium here, but you can choose any of the profiles to base your custom profile off of. Then click the Apply button at the bottom of this page. You should see a status page as the firewall generates the custom configuration settings. When it is finished you should find yourself back at the Firewall Basic Configuration Page. Now click the Firewall link on the left hand side of this page. Then click the Advanced Configuration link. Then click the UDP/TCP Port link in the left hand menu.

The default TCP/UDP port inbound action drop down box should be set to deny. Click the Add button on the bottom of this page. Then enter the settings as shown below.

UDP/TCP Port - Add Rule
Name

Any Remote IP Address
Specify Remote IP address and/or mask
Remote IP Address
Remote IP subnet mask

Beginning Port Number {min 0, max 65535}

Ending Port Number {min 0, max 65535}

Port Protocol

TCP/UDP port inbound action

TCP/UDP port outbound action

Click the Apply button to save that rule. Click the Add button on the bottom of this page. Then enter the settings as shown below.

UDP/TCP Port - Add Rule
Name

Any Remote IP Address
Specify Remote IP address and/or mask
Remote IP Address
Remote IP subnet mask

Beginning Port Number {min 0, max 65535}

Ending Port Number {min 0, max 65535}

Port Protocol

TCP/UDP port inbound action

TCP/UDP port outbound action

Click the Apply button to save that rule. That should be it. The firewall should be properly configured.