VBrick 9000 Series, Admin Manual

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Once you have created your encryption keys, you must enable encryption and point the keys
you just created to various output streams on your encoder. This is accomplished in encoder
configuration.
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Step 2: Enable Encryption on a Stream and Choose a Key ID
As noted, once you have created your encryption keys, you must enable encryption on a
stream and choose a Key ID. This also takes place in the encoder.
Key ID The
Key ID
field is used to create a unique name for each
encryption key you create. This is a string field and is defaulted to
KeyID1, KeyID2, and so forth. However, it is recommended that
you create your own logical names for each key since they are used
to program key association(s) from the encoder to the decoder
along with the
Key Value
field(s).
Key Value This field contains a generated encryption key value or one you
create yourself. You may display those values by clicking the
Display Keys
button. They will change from asterisks (*) to the
hexadecimal values that have been generated or created. Note:
You may enter your own value in this field but it must follow
hexadecimal rules. That is digits 0-9 and characters A-F.
Display Keys Use this button to change the
Key Value
field from asterisks (*) to
plain text so that the value may be copied and pasted.
Note: Keys may be entered and generated via insecure interfaces such as HTTP,
telnet, SNMPv1 and SNMP v2 but it is not advised since these are vulnerable to
eavesdropping. Keys should only be entered and retrieved over a secure interface
(HTTPS). If you choose to proceed with an insecure interface, the device will allow
this but you will be warned with a pop-up message such as seen below each time you
try to modify, view, or save an encryption key.
Button Description
Create 128-Bit Key Automatically generates a 128-Bit Hexadecimal key for you and
places the value in the
Key Value
field.
Create 256-Bit Key Automatically generates a 256-Bit Hexadecimal key for you and
places the value in the
Key Value
field.
Note: At this time, only RTP transport types may be encrypted.
Field Description