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Author Topic: .PEM File? Bradley J Sime Film Handler Posts: 68 From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Registered: Apr 2016 posted 05-31-2016 07:47 PM                     An Iranian distributor says he needs our PEM files in order to make KDM's. What the hell is he talking about?  |  IP: Logged Jason Raftery Film Handler Posts: 72 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: May 2011 posted 05-31-2016 07:54 PM                     He's asking for the server's certificate. What make/model server do you have?  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-31-2016 07:54 PM                     These are the certificate files for the server. To play an encrypted movie your server needs a KDM generated using these files. The encryption system uses private/public keys: the distributor encrypts it with your public key (those files) and you decrypt it with your private key (securely stored in your server). Different servers have them available in different places. Some (ie Doremi) have them available on an FTP server so if a distributor has the eSN they can get the cert files. All have some way to get them from the server to provide to distributors.  |  IP: Logged Bradley J Sime Film Handler Posts: 68 From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Registered: Apr 2016 posted 05-31-2016 07:59 PM                     QNAP QTS  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 06-01-2016 06:25 AM                     QNAP ist not a DCI server, but a storage device. What is your server brand and type - Dolby, Doremi, GDC, etc.? Some servers allow you to extract the device certificates locally on your own. Some will need to relate the server serial number with a certificate database. Every cinema operator should have their server/media block serial numbers and certificate files stored on a computer, USB-Stick, etc. for easy access and forwarding. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 06-01-2016 07:19 AM                     Every distributor should have access to the certificates. They should only ask you serial number and the brand of your server.  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 06-01-2016 09:55 AM                     As Carsten said, the QNAP is only a network storage device. We'd need to know more about your system to answer your question. Do you by any chance have the QNAP connected to a CHRISTIE projector, which has a built-in IMB/server? If so, you can extract your certificate this way: 1. Insert a USB flash drive in the USB port on the side of the touch panel controller (TPC). 2. Tap Menu > Christie IMB > System. 3. Tap General > Settings. 4. Tap Certificate. 5. Select a certificate to download. 6. Tap Download. The certificate is saved as SM.perm or Log.perm. I've had to do this once or twice for a similar system.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-02-2016 01:29 AM                     QNAP is a manufacturer name for a NAS .. is what we use for our Barco Escape system to transfer files from the LMS to the NAS, then to the Barco ICMP server.  |  IP: Logged Leslie Hartmier Expert Film Handler Posts: 100 From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Registered: Jul 2012 posted 06-07-2016 05:41 PM                     Have you sorted out your issue yet, Mr. Sime?  |  IP: Logged

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