Protect streams by IP?

[rbarrero]

Hi;

I've got a streaming server setup and web users can view the content using a streaming page (using vlc plugin) I've setup.

These same users can still load the stream using a native VLC client though going directly to the target. Is there a way to restrict who can connect with an allowed hosts list?

I can setup iptables and add firewall policies to allow this, but I want to know if there is something built-in to VLC that will do the same. The http vlc interface has a hosts list for allowed admins... is there something like this for protecting streams?

Thanks,

Rafael

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Unfortunately, the ACL subsystem is not used by the HTTP streaming output at the moment. Feel free to file a feature request ticket.