Re:Serving Netflix Video Traffic at 800Gb/s and Beyond [pdf]
by throw0101c on Friday August 19, 2022 @10:47AM
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> But do we really need such protection for a TV show?
DRM may be mandated by the content owners. TLS gives Netflix customers privacy against their ISP snooping what they're watching.
But do we really need such protection for a TV show?
"Metadata" in HLS / DASH is a separate HTTP request which can be served over HTTPS if you wish. Then it can refer to media segments served over HTTP (unless your browser / client doesn't like "mixed content").