VBrick Systems ETV v4.2.1 manual STB Authentication, Add/Modify Users Resource Assignments

Add/Modify User's Resource Assignments

Users can be assigned to specific Resource Groups, and they will inherit the privileges of that Resource Group. If no Users appear, then none have been defined. Click on the Users section to add Users.

Add/Modify Group's Resource Assignments

User Groups can be assigned to Resource Groups, and the User Group will inherit the privileges of that Resource Group. If no User Groups appear, then none have been defined. Click User Groups in the main navigation to the left to create User Groups.

Note The remaining options for Resource Groups (beginning with Add/Modify Live Channel Privileges) are the same as those described earlier for individual Configuring Users on page 93. The only difference is that the descriptions will apply to resource groups rather than to individual users.

STB Authentication

There are two ways (STB IP address or user PIN) to authenticate and authorize Set-Top Boxes in the ETV Portal Server. STB access control is slightly different from PC and Macintosh-based authentication (which uses the commonly employed User Name and Password mechanism). The two methods are outlined in the table below.

Table 12. Authentication Methods

Method	Description	User Interaction	Comment
User PIN	If Access Control is	When the user logs	This implementation is appropriate
	enabled, but the STB is not	into the system, they	for environments where multiple
	defined in the system, then	will be prompted for	users with different privileges will be
	Access Control works	their PIN. The user	accessing the same STB. An example
	based on a user PIN. This	simply enters the PIN	of this would be a shared classroom
	PIN is defined on a per user	with the remote	where multiple teachers are
	(not per STB) basis, so that	control or the wireless	accessing the STB at different times.
	users need to be defined for	keyboard, and can then
	this to work.	access the video.
STB IP	The ETV Portal Server	No user interaction is	This implementation is similar to a
Address or	system determines the	required. The user	cable TV setup, e.g. if the cable plan
Host Name	content that the STB can	simply turns on the	does not include CNN, that channel
	view based on its IP	STB and only the	cannot be viewed. This
	Address or Host Name.	content that the STB	implementation is easiest for end
		user can view id	users because you do not have to
		displayed.	remember user names or PINs. It is
			appropriate for environments where
			one or a few people with the same
			privileges access the same STB.

Authentication by PIN

When an end user accesses the ETV Portal Server via a STB, the Portal Server takes the following steps to authorize users.

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