Thoughts on Streaming Video Securely

Howdy Pierce (Cardinal Peak)
embedded.com (December 17, 2013)

As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to take off, a reasonable number of those Things involve remotely streaming video or still images. Examples include IP security cameras, baby monitors, and televisions with built-in cameras for videoconferencing.

Unfortunately, with a few exceptions, most of these devices stream the video in the clear, completely unencrypted. It’s a sad state of affairs.

To kick off this blog series, which will discuss video as it pertains to embedded devices, I thought it would be worthwhile to summarize what options are available when it comes to standards-based secure video streaming, and talk about the tradeoffs inherent in embedded devices.

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