Access Control
– If security is a concern, SSL should be turned on between clients and the ETV Portal Server server. This allows User Names and Passwords to be encrypted between the client and the server. See the section Configuring for SSL on page 61 for instructions on how to configure this.
2.VBrick – If there are VBricks in the network, they are
3.VoD Server – If there are VoD servers in the network, again they need to have connectivity to the Portal Server and the folder structure needs to be configured.
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Additionally, if an LDAP server is going to be used to authenticate users, then the administrator should know the address of the server, the group structures on the LDAP server, and the Context (if the server is not Microsoft's Active Directory).
Note In order to scan the Groups available in Microsoft's Active Directory, in Windows Explorer, go to Tools > Folder Options. On the General tab, make sure that the
Show common tasks in folders is selected. Then go to Start > My Network Places and select Network Tasks > Search Active Directory.
2. Choose an Authentication Method
Select one of the following methods:
ETV Portal Server | The native ETV Portal Server user database provides local |
User Database | authentication for users and administrators. |
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LDAP Directory | Enables the ETV Portal Server to authenticate against, and |
Server | retrieve user and group data from, an existing LDAP server. |
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Both methods can be used simultaneously. If LDAP authentication is enabled, the ETV Portal Server will attempt to authenticate against the LDAP server first, and if this is unsuccessful, will attempt to authenticate against the local ETV Portal Server User Database.
VBrick Database
If authentication is enabled, you must select a database (either VBrick or LDAP). The VBrick (ETV Portal Server) user database contains user, group, and resource information that provides the Portal Server with information to allow it to provide the appropriate privileges to users and
•User authentication is required, but the organization does not have an LDAP server.
•For STBs, the organization wishes to use User PINs. Since User PINs are not available in the LDAP directory, the users need to be created in the ETV Portal Server database (Note: only those users that need PINs to access STBs need to be created in the ETV Portal Server database. PC or Mac users can still be authenticated against LDAP).
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