[Icecast] SSL encryption with icecast2

[Thomas B. Ruecker]

Frederic `jchome` Jaeckel wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 10:43:28AM +0200, Thomas B. Ruecker wrote:
>   
>> Do players support https?
>>     
> obviously not. But the implementation of SSL in a player isn't that
> hard. In a matter of fact, SSL isn't the best solution for a public
> stream, but I want to use it for a private stream, where every user has
> the knowledge how to use a player with ssl. :-)
>
>   
>> You could simply set up a ssl "tunnel".
>>     
>
> Also a good answer, but in my mind every user have to setup a SSL
> "tunnel" to the endpoint, wich isn't so comfortable. ;-)
>   
I was thinking about a socket accepting ssl connections and forwarding
them decrypted to a port on the local (server) machine. I know there are
simple solutions for this. Pound would be a rather bloated one If I'd
have to choose.


Cheers

Thomas