Installation guide

Implementingstreamencryptioninyourapplicationsiseasy.Simplyspecifytheprotocolwhen

you connect to your application.

• SSL

NetConnection.connect(“rtmps://yourFMSserver.com”);

• TunneledSSL

NetConnection.connect(“rtmpts://yourFMSserver.com”);

• EnhancedRTMP

NetConnection.connect(“rtmpe://yourFMSserver.com”);

• TunneledenhancedRTMP

NetConnection.connect(“rtmpte://yourFMSserver.com”);

Toprovidemaximumcontentprotection,itisrecommendedthatRTMPEbeusedinconjunction

withSWFverication,andthatstandardRTMPbedisabledwhenutilizingRTMPEorRTMPTE.

Defend against replay technologies

Replaytechnologiesor“streamripping”hasbeenadicultsecurityissuetosolvebecauseit

allows the viewer to directly access and record the data of a stream.

Streamencryption,usedalongwithSWFverication,preventsstreamripping.Inthepast,SSL

was the only choice, and it was too slow for most applications. Flash Media Server 3.5 uses

RTMPE,whichismuchmoreecientandeasiertoimplement.

Another method of defense against stream ripping is to insert intelligence into your server-client

communications. By adding additional code to your video player, you could require your SWF

le to respond to a request from Flash Media Server to verify a unique string sent from the server,

for example. is interrupts the ow of data to the stream ripping soware, because it cannot

respond with the correct data and will be denied access.

Digital Rights Management support

Enhancement in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash

Player 6 or later. RTMPE/SWF verication requires Flash Player 9,0,115,0 or later.

DigitalRightsManagement(DRM)hastwokeyelements:encryptionandaccesscontrol.ere

are two ways to deliver video to a consumer: streaming or downloading. When you stream video

from Flash Media Server, you immediately increase your protection.

EncryptionwithFlashMediaServerisdoneinrealtimewithRTMPS(SSL)orwithRTMPEin

FlashMediaServer3.5.On-demandcontentcanalsobeencryptedusingFlashMediaRights

ManagementServer.FlashMediaServercanstreamthisencryptedcontenttoAdobeAIR

applications,includingAdobeMediaPlayer.ItcanstreamencryptedFLVlesandencrypted

F4Vles,usingeitherRTMP-basedprotocols,suchasRTMPTorRTMPE,orHTTP.No

specic conguration is required to allow Flash Media Server to work with Flash Media Rights

Management Server.

Access control with Flash Media Server is done simply with SWF verication. Access control is

muchmorepowerfulwithFlashMediaInteractiveServerbecauseofitsnewplug-inarchitecture,

alongwiththeserver-sideapplicationlayer.Usingwebservices(SOAP),FlashRemoting,orXML,

you can create a system with secure tokens that provide access control over your content.

ese are the basic principles of DRM for streaming. For the download use case, you integrate

with Flash Media Rights Management Server to deliver signed and encrypted media. For more

information about rights management and Flash Media Rights Management Server, see