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Originally Posted by Troy Dreier
You might encounter the term RTMPTE, which is similar to RTMPE but with tunneling added. Tunneling is a system for hiding data sent over public lines, so this adds one more level of security.
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No, tunneling is just a system for wrapping RTMP traffic in HTTP. It doesn't add any security, it just sometimes allows connecting through a firewall when the regular RTMP port is blocked. It doesn't add security, and it adds a tremendous amount of overhead. In RTMPTE the only "security" is due to the "E" (RTMP encryption), not from the tunneling mechanism. (And note the existence of RTMPT - tunneled, unencrypted RTMP - obviously there is no security added here, it is merely tunneled in the clear.)
By the way, RTMPS is also tunneled, but using an https session. The https session is what gives it security, (real security with SSL in this case, not the fake security Adobe that claims for RTMPE), not the tunneling.