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Tag: AppStream 2.0

How to record a video of Amazon AppStream 2.0 streaming sessions

Amazon AppStream 2.0 is a fully managed service that lets you stream applications and desktops to your users. In this post, I’ll show you how to record a video of AppStream 2.0 streaming sessions by using FFmpeg, a popular media framework. There are many use cases for session recording, such as auditing administrative access, troubleshooting […]

How to use Amazon AppStream 2.0 to reduce your bastion host attack surface

July 16, 2020: This post was originally published May 2, 2018, and has been updated to clarify some AppStream 2.0 details. Update: To help protect their assets, many security-conscious enterprises require their system administrators to go through a “bastion” (or “jump”) host to gain administrative access to backend systems in protected or sensitive network segments. […]