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Managing Your Streaming Server 43
Alternatively, use sudo to execute the command as root. See “Executing a Command With
sudo” on page 44.
2 Enter a new password for the user. The password you enter replaces the password in the file.
Installing SSL
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. It’s a protocol that provides encrypted communications
on the Internet.
Before you enable secure administration in QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) or Darwin
Streaming Server (DSS), you must get a valid certificate signed by a certificate authority such
as VeriSign or Thawte. Install the certificate in /Library/QuickTimeStreaming/
streamingadminserver.pem (for Mac OS X) with the information from your certificate file. For
Windows, install the certificate in c:\Program Files\Darwin Streaming
Server\streamingadminserver.pem. In other supported platforms, install it in /etc/streaming/
streamingadminserver.pem.
Using Automatic Unicast (Announce) With QTSS or DSS on a Separate
Computer
You can broadcast from QuickTime Broadcaster to QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) or to
Darwin Streaming Server (DSS) running on a separate computer using the Automatic Unicast
(Announce) transmission method. You’ll need to create a broadcaster user account on the
streaming server. This will allow an SDP file to be created on the server. The user name and
password that you specify will be entered through QuickTime Broadcaster.
You will need to upgrade your streaming server to QTSS or DSS 4.0 or later if you have an
earlier version. If QuickTime Broadcaster is running on the same computer as QuickTime
Streaming Server, a broadcaster user account is not required.
To create a user account on the streaming server:
1 Create a file named qtaccess in your streaming server Movies directory.
2 If you wish to let anyone broadcast to your server, enter the following lines in the file:
Warning If you enable SSL support in Streaming Server Admin, your browser must also
support SSL. If it doesn’t, you will not be able to access Streaming Server Admin. If there
is a firewall or proxy between the computer on which you are running your browser and
Streaming Server Admin, make sure that the firewall or proxy allows SSL requests to pass
through. Also, make sure that any routers or NATs (Network Address Translators) between
your remote computer and the streaming server allow port 1240 communication.
You need to install the OpenSSL library and Net::SSLeay to support the security functions
of DSS. You can get OpenSSL from www.openssl.org. You can get Net::SSLeay from
www.perl.com.
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