The meeting series, hosted by Level 3, included VSF members and other attendees who took part in technical meetings and presentations. Other topics besides network security included IP services over SDI, bit reclamation in VBR-based encoders, and forward error correction and quality of service in IPTV.

"I always enjoy participating in technical conferences such as VSF,” noted McClain. “It was especially rewarding to get to share my network security and performance experience with engineers who are pushing the cutting edge of IP video distribution."

VSF is an international nonprofit association whose members are service providers, users, and manufacturers of video networking technologies. The organization’s activities include providing forums to identify issues in the development, engineering, installation, testing and maintenance of video networking technologies, exchanging non-proprietary information to promote the development of video networking technology and foster resolution of issues common to the video services industry, and contributing to and supporting the development of standards by national and international standards bodies.

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