Industry body the Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) Forum has announced that its RIST main profile specification, known as VSF TR-06-2, now supports IP Multicast authentication.
The upcoming TR‑06‑2:2022 version of the spec includes a mechanism to authenticate a multitude of receivers in the shape of the EAP SHA256-SRP6a authentication protocol.
The RIST Forum exists to promote the adoption of the RIST protocol, which it says is designed for delivering broadcast-grade content over the public internet, without losing quality.
In relation to video, IP Multicast is a technique to deliver one-to-many transmission over the internet, potentially enabling a more efficient way to deliver content to large numbers of receivers, with a particular appeal distribution for mass-audience live programming. However, its use in video has been relatively limited to date, with the…
