scope:

OBJECTIVES

This Secure Download and Messaging Interoperability Specification is designed to meet the following objectives:

To focus on Interoperability issues only.

To provide a method to achieve the secure installation of the downloaded Digital Rights Management (DRM) operating code to the IPTV Receiving Device.

To provide a secure environment within the IPTV Receiving Device to support secure bootloading and secure installs and updates of middleware and applications for the IPTV Receiving Device.

To provide a method to securely transmit and receive messages, for example to address requirements for secure Emergency Alert System (EAS) messages (Note: This version of the specification will only address the authentication aspects of secure download and messaging.)

NOTE - Service content (e.g., video and audio) authentication is not within the scope of this document and is not an expected functionality of the IPTV Security Solution.