The importance of encrypting video over the internet... the security issues

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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/video-hijack/
How important it is to send video encripted and over the VPN?

The importance of encrypting video over IP

How important it is to send video over encrypted video VPN?
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/video-hijack/
1. The attackers are able to view video being streamed across a network, and
2. The attackers are able to use a man-in-the-middle attack to insert video controlled by the attacker to a video decoder somewhere on the network.

The linked video shows viscerally how an attacker could foil a security/surveillance video system – a modern-day Thomas Crown Affair. But the underlying problem goes beyond the surveillance market and could conceivably affect a wide range of industries using video over IP. This is a big deal, and vendors of any form of network-connected IP video device – whether a camera, encoder, or decoder – should take note.

www.cradle.com's enVigil system streams video over VPN and protects it.