universal media server web interface not working

#UNIVERSAL MEDIA SERVER WEB INTERFACE NOT WORKING HOW TO#

In a 'default configuration' nothing will be reachable from the internet, but if you connect to a public WiFi zone and doesn't block access via the firewall, others on that public WiFi zone will have access to your data.

#UNIVERSAL MEDIA SERVER WEB INTERFACE NOT WORKING HOW TO#

You can control access to UMS by configuring your firewall to only allow the devices you wish to access it, but I wouldn't recommend that unless you already know enough about networking to understand how to do it or you are willing to put in the time needed to acquire such knowledge. They don't really give you any network configuration either, it's all dictated by the standard, and the rules are: Make all content available to all devices on the local network. I'm sure they figured that using authentication would be much to complicated for the users, not to mention that it would complicate the implementation in all devices that should support it. UPnP AV/DLNA is designed to be 'simple to use', and as always that means: Hardly configurable, most choices have been made for you so you don't have to think. Making them also available in the web interface on a second port doesn't really make any difference as such. This means that any device that can reach the computer running UMS can already get access to all the content using UPnP AV/DLNA (which also uses an HTTP ('Web') server to deliver content). This isn't really a 'security problem' as such, since UPnP AV/DLNA itself doesn't have any form of authentication/security in the protocol/standard. Except for that, everybody that can reach the computer with port 80 (HTTP) can access the content. It is possible to require a code to be entered for certain folders, but I'm not sure how well it works as I've never tested it. That said, there isn't much 'security' features built in.

Only devices that can access this computer via the network can access the web interface. The 'web server' is running on the computer running UMS.

Universal media server web interface not working