# Panoptes: reconstructing Hik-Connect live-stream encryption

> Panoptes reconstructs the encryption layout of Hik-Connect live video streams for a self-hosted Hikvision DVR video wall. The author compares clear SPS data in SDP with encrypted in-band SPS, reports AES-128-ECB with the device verification code as key, and implements per-NAL decoding in an RTSP client that feeds go2rtc.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Batuhan-Kahraman35/panoptes>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Batuhan-Kahraman35/panoptes/blob/f60474fcbda83f91d01680c122ee2ba2ab47c53d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/panoptes-hik-connect-stream-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/panoptes-hik-connect-stream-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/panoptes-hik-connect-stream-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Hikvision DVR or NVR access and its device verification code are required for encrypted streams.
- **Prerequisites:** The installation guide targets Debian 12 or 13 and uses go2rtc.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports that sampled encrypted streams decoded without ffmpeg errors.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Batuhan-Kahraman35/panoptes/blob/f60474fcbda83f91d01680c122ee2ba2ab47c53d/README.md>

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