Streaming Video in https

Question

I have an https page, and I've been asked to embed streaming video. Now I understand the normal policy (the files must also be hosted on https) but are there any other gotchas I should be aware of?

What if I stuck an IFRAME on the page, and streamed the content into that frame from a normal http source? Would I still get the "secure and insecure content on this page" warning?

Thanks Duncan

Answer 1

Streaming over https seems a really bad idea unless you really NEED your video stream to be secure .

I don't know how every browser deals with a mix of http and https requests, but I believe if a page served over http also makes https requests, there usually won't be an "insecure content" warning.

However if an https page makes http requests, this usually will trigger an "insecure content" warning.

Edit: A thought: if you are using a flash video player, where the flash file is served over https but the .flv file is served over http - I doubt the browser will be 'clever' enough to detect that, and hence you shouldn't get any warnings - that is my guess - YMMV.

Answer 2

Please note nowadays Google Chrome throws a warning when a video player embedded on HTTPS is serving content from an HTTPS source. Facebook nowadays services it's mp4 content over https.