Cisco Headend System Release 2.5 Design Guide
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About This Guide
Introduction
Video-On-Demand (VOD) is an interactive, session-based application that provides
video services to subscribers. Session-Based Encryption (SBE) provides an added
degree of security for VOD content and prevents QAM tuner-equipped televisions
from viewing unpurchased VOD content.
Note: Contact the representative who handles your account for information about
Note: Contact the representative who handles your account for information about
purchasing the optional SBE software product for your system.
Purpose
This document provides instructions for setting up SBE on systems using System
Release (SR) 2.5/3.5/4.0 and later.
Audience
These instructions are written for DBDS system operators, system administrators of
the DNCS, and field technicians responsible for setting up the SBE option.
Document Version
This is the second release of this document.