Control Access to Your Flash Video
Internap Authentication Service enables you to take advantage of the Internet as a reliable and cost-effective distribution channel for your business. Through token-based authentication services, Internap makes it possible to protect and deliver revenue generating offerings by letting only authorized viewers access your content, giving you maximum control of your data.

Why Do I Want Authentication?
When integrated into your existing subscription or billing services, Internap Authentication Service allows you to leverage investments in your existing infrastructure to:
  • Secure your media – Ensure that your media is delivered only to your intended audience.
  • Monetize your media – Using your existing web service and billing systems, securely leverage your online media for revenue generation.
  • Control access – Only authorized viewers are able access your content, giving you the ability to restrict access by geographic region or audience type.
How Does Internap Authentication Work?
Multiple authentication systems can be used to control access to your media.. When a user tries to view secure media, Internap’s Streaming Authentication Service passes the call to the remote web service specified by the customer. This web service call is made in real-time and will hold the connection to the media until receiving a response from the web service.

Three Types of Authentication Controls
  1. Tokens: Link into any web service by requesting information from the user such as username and password or a time stamp for expiring links.
  2. IP Addresses: Only allow users in a specific IP block to view your media.
  3. Referrers: Ensure that links to media only come from websites authorized by you.

You can use any combination of these three attributes to accept or reject requests to view secure media. Authorized users are granted access to live and on demand media.

Internap Authentication Service is part of our commitment to provide the most complete media product set in the industry.


Authentication
  1. User requests protected media from Internap service and offers identifier
  2. Internap checks with content owner’s web service for play authorization
  3. Content owner replies with yes or no
  4. If the reply is yes, the media is delivered and plays for the user

Flash Video Downloads
 Authentication Datasheet
 Authentication Whitepaper

 
MediaOps Secure Plans
Internap Authentication Add-On Module
Requires Separate Service Account and Remote Web Service
This module adds Authentication Service to your existing account enabling you to link to your own remote web service to deliver authenticated media access. Choose this option if you are an existing Internap customer or if you already have your own web service to use for authentication. 		Internap Authentication Service Complete
Includes Streaming or Content Delivery Service Account Plus Media Publishing System
Introducing the complete, full-service solution for securely delivering authenticated media over the Internet. Choose this option if you wish to let the experts at Internap setup and host your Service account, authentication service and web service.
To sign up today, simply request a proposal or call (800) 254-7554