Polycom 1500/1800/2000/4000 manual Direct Connection to the Conference

Implementing Media Encryption for Secured Conferencing

Direct Connection to the Conference

The following table summarizes the connection status of participants, based on the encryption settings in the conference Profile, the Defined Participant’s encryption settings or the System Flag setting for undefined participants and the connecting endpoint’s Media Encryption capabilities.

Connection of Participants to the Conference based on Encryption Settings

Conference		Defined Participant			Undefined Participant
Encryption	Encryption			Connection status	Connection Status	Connection Status
Setting
	Setting				*Flag = No	*Flag = YES
No Encryption	Auto		Connected,		Connected	Connected
			non-encrypted		non-encrypted	non-encrypted
					(Encryption is not	(Encryption is not
	No		Connected,
					declared by the	declared by the
			non-encrypted
					Collaboration	Collaboration
					Server, therefore the	Server, therefore the
	Yes		Connected only if encrypted.
					endpoint does not	endpoint does not
			Non-encrypted endpoints are
					use encryption)	use encryption)
			disconnected as encryption is
			forced for the participant.
Encrypt All	Auto		Connected, encrypted.		Connect only if	Connect only if
			Non-encrypted endpoints are		encrypted.	encrypted.
			disconnected		Non-encrypted	Non-encrypted
					endpoints are	endpoints are
	No		Disconnected (cannot be
					disconnected	disconnected
			added to the conference)
	Yes		Connected, encrypted
Encrypt When	Auto		All defined participants except
Possible			dial-out SIP participants:
			•	Connect encrypted -
				Endpoints with encryption	Connect encrypted -
				capabilities.
			•	Connect non-encrypted -	Endpoints with	Connect only if
				endpoints without	encryption
					capabilities.	encrypted.
				encryption capabilities.
					Connect	Non-encrypted
			Defined dial-out SIP
					non-encrypted -	endpoints are
			participant:
					endpoints without	disconnected.
			• Connect only if encrypted.
					encryption
			• Non-encrypted endpoints
					capabilities
				are disconnected.
	No		Connected, non-encrypted
	Yes		Connected, encrypted

* Flag = FORCE_ENCRYPTION_FOR_UNDEFINED_PARTICIPANT_IN_WHEN_AVAILABLE_MODE

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