Question / Help Data Path - IT Security Question

[acorbett]

I've poked around briefly but haven't found a clear answer.
I plan on doing some FB Live streaming for my company, but my IT team wants to ensure that our data is going directly to FB and not to an intermediary then to FB.
Does any one have a clear answer on this?
If I input the server URL provided by FB Live will my stream go directly there or does it make any stops on the way?
All encoding by OBS is done locally on my computer, correct?

Sorry if this is a duplicate thread or a rookie question.

 

[pkv]

the question from your IT is kind of surprising since the data is sent to internet so they should know better. So, the data goes through the internet to facebook infrastructure. It can't be secure unless one encrypts. It's never a direct connection in the sense that you would be using a private network. So the data can always be intercepted. If you're concerned about that, just use rtmps instead of rtmp. FB live now defaults to that (rtmps is encrypted)

 

[acorbett]

Thanks pkv, that was my instinct.
Just wanted to make sure the data wasn't making an intentional pitstop along the way to encode or transcode before arriving at FB.
Will use rtmps for our streams.