I am setting up a Windows Media Server but have a question about secure access.
I used to use a Windows Media Server that I hired the use of and it had a certain security feature - it would only serve video files from a certain folder if they had a valid "security token" appended to the filename.
The token string would be requested by some php within the page that had the mms stream embedded. Each token would expire after 1 minute.
Say for example that the token was AbAbAbA, the embedded filename would be:
mms://server.blah/file.wmv?token=AbAbAbA
If the token was not appended or if it had expired, the file would not serve.
I have tried searching allover to try and find how this was done, as I would like to use that again, but unfortunately have not had any luck, and the company I used to hire the server from does not exist anymore. Can anyone help me out?
Thanks
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Windows Video Server securing access question
I am setting up a Windows Media Server but have a question about
secure access.
I used to use a Windows Media Server that I hired the use of and it
had a certain security feature - it would only serve video files from a
certain folder if they had a valid "security token" appended to the
filename.
The token string would be requested by some php within the page
that had the mms stream embedded. Each token would expire after 1
minute.
Say for example that the token was AbAbAbA, the embedded
filename would be:
mms://server.blah/file.wmv?token=AbAbAbA
If the token was not appended or if it had expired, the file would not
serve.
I have tried searching allover to try and find how this was done, as I
would like to use that again, but unfortunately have not had any luck,
and the company I used to hire the server from does not exist
anymore. Can anyone help me out?
Thanks