Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC possible move to HTTPS for content delivery ?
But the move to https is to be expected since that's where the whole web is moving acknowledging that there are few thins not security and privacy relevant out there. It's, for example, one additional step to make it harder for 3rd parties to spoof "trusted" web sites. Google chrome will start to show a warning every time you open a non-https web site some time next year, Apple will force Apps to use TLS communication with servers from end of this year (and force backend providers to offer TLS interfaces on the way), it's a general trend, not just the BBC --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 9, the Universal App for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch* pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106156 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC possible move to HTTPS for content delivery ?
farrina wrote: > I wonder if https was to come to pass if this would have any technical > implications for future streaming and the use of the above plugins I don't think so but with the BBC they do things as they see fit and not for the benefit of users (i.e. apple HLS streams, users of their apps and their Web browser are the only users BBC cares about). There are lots of owners of now "dead" smart BBCiPlayer capable TVs and internet radios and worried vendors of internet radio who are trying to get HLS and DASH working who dislike the BBC way of moving forward with a new standard every few years. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106156 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC possible move to HTTPS for content delivery ?
I recently noticed that the BBC UK homepage is now showing as encrypted (using https) Interested, poking around I located a BBC Blog note written by a Paul Tweedy, a BBC Lead Technical Architect - see here '' (http://bbc.in/29GCmEO) explaining the rationale behind the change and their future intentions. One particular sentence in his article that caught my eye was under the heading "Next steps and challenges" and it indicated that they intended to "Evaluating audio/video delivery via HTTPS" Obviously there are no detailed indications as to their intentions but pondering from a position of extreme technical ignorance (and also as an avid user of the excellent BBC iPlayer and BBC iPlayer Extrax plugins) I wonder if https was to come to pass if this would have any technical implications for future streaming and the use of the above plugins. Any uber geeks out there care to comment ? Cheers Alan farrina's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65601 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106156 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
