The Secret Lives of CATs: Decoding Common Access Tokens

The Common Access Token specification was released by the CTA this month, aimed at resolving the long-standing problem of achieving interoperable content protection in a multi-CDN world. How does this new specification help content distributors protect their media across multiple CDNs? This talk reveals the inner workings of CATs, including their encoding, transmission and renewal. We will explore via demonstration the features of CAT-based token protection including enforcing claims around issuer, audience, expiration, network IP, geo-location, time, URL and others. Is catnip a thing? Join us to find out! Presenters: Will Law and Anders Näsman / Akamai https://streamingtech.se