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Streaming

Traditional distributed multimedia system usually runs on a customer/server-based model, such as online TV, in which the server connects with every individual user in a single-directional manner. Streaming is quite bandwidth-consuming and requires long transmission process, so that as consumer demand increases, the server can't afford to provide much enough bandwidth for all users and thus often result incoherent streaming. P2P-based streaming technology perfectly solves this problem and has gain wide use among users. However, it brings about other issues.

Main Risks of Streaming Use

- Employees use of streaming during working hours occupy large bandwidth volume as well as cut productivity.

- Streaming is taken as main revenue for distributing malware like Trojan, spyware, and virus. Spyware can pack itself into streaming files and serve as attacking tool to steal information for profit or other malicious purpose.

Granular Control Policy

Anchiva provide time period, volume quota-based control policy:

- Control streaming basd on specific protocol or signature.

- Choose policies to allow access based on hours of the day and days of the week. For example, limit users to streaming during lunch time.

- Allow streaming access, but limited to certain volume quota.